The Buried In Jade tour was the first time Thousand Below had played a proper headline run with a long set and real lighting production. James DeBerg admitted to nerves going in, and said the turnout blew their expectations away.
Denver, he said, is always a top-three night for them, though Montreal and Philadelphia tied for best show that time out. After that came their first European direct-support run that December, sharing a bus with the Australian band Ocean Sleeper.
The San Diego band formed in 2016 and signed quickly to Rise Records, which put out The Love You Let Too Close in 2017. AllMusic heard emotionally charged lyrics and combustible breakdowns over post-rock atmospherics, in the neighborhood of Underoath and Bring Me the Horizon. Gone in Your Wake (2019) went cleaner and more electronic. Buried In Jade, the fourth album, came out in August 2025 on Pale Chord and Rise.