"The Thaw Session" is a

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band the Verve. It was released exclusively as a free download by the band through the

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website on 22 October 2007. The fourteen-minute song was available for only one week from the website and intended as a preview to the material the band has been working on since reforming in the summer of 2007. The title of the download is a reference to "Deep Freeze", a

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in "Come On", the final song on the band's 1997 studio album '' Urban Hymns''.

References

External links

The Verve: The Thaw Session
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