There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Atmospheric sludge/post-metal from Würzburg, Germany Bandcamp 2. pronunciation : thuh-roh, thawr-oh, thohr-oh. If you head over to the Gulf Coast from Tampa and then drive north for a little while, you'll come to the small town of New Port Richey. Although it may look like any other average central Florida town, New Port Richey is home to Thoreau, an introspective hard-rock quartet that is poised to take the national stage.