2007年,The Verve重组。解散10年后McCabe和Ashcroft再次合作,立即擦出火花。在乐队第一次练习时,录制了一段14分钟长度的即兴演奏,作为Urban Hymns最后一首歌Deep Freeze的延续。吉他手McCabe再一次将乐队带回了刚出道时那种飘渺华丽的迷幻噪音摇滚。
This was an improvised live jam, an excerpt from the group's first rehearsal session together in 2007, after nearly ten years apart. (The title "The Thaw Sessions" is a deliberate reference to the fact that the last song on their previous album was called "Deep Freeze".)