By The Fire is Thurston Moore’s seventh solo album, featuring Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine), Jon Leidecker (Negativland), James Sedwards, and Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley. Completed just before the 2020 pandemic lockdown, its nine tracks channel themes of radical change, love, and creative resistance. Blending full-band performances with intimate solo pieces, the album burns with Moore’s vision of music as a healing and unifying force.