Thrice - Horizons/East (September 17 digital, October 8 physical) Album • Page 34

The Alchemy Index was pretty much finished before 1 and 2 were released, I think

 

Same session, yes. And that's because they were originally going to release them all at once.

 

5 songs written and partially recorded a much larger head start than most bands have on the follow up regardless when a new album drops tho. with a normal 2 year album cycle it could easily simply be a year instead.

 

I just realized that Delta is going to put the clamps on those acoustic performances that they do during many of their tour stops. What a bummer. I mean, maybe Octane can happen since they'll have tighter protocols than some of the random places they've performed at, but still.

 

There’s definitely a character/story being told in the lyrics with the exception of a couple songs like Buried in the Sun which is an obvious political statement and doesn’t quite seem to be connected to the “story” of Horizons, but who knows.

 

Is anyone cool with Ed having a bigger vocal role in Thrice? Im cool with him screaming/back up screaming vocals whenever he wants on the record.

 

I’d love more Ed screams on Still Life.

 

Last point before i alert the spam bots. I think this album can be even better once West is released and all is complete in the world. Basically to those not feeling it, I think there’s a chance for it to “click” next year after West comes out.

 

He’s on still life, and what else?

 

I think he’s just on Summer Set Fire to the Rain, but I was saying I’d love it if he did scream on Still Life

 

Wait that’s him, not Dustin?

 

It's both.

 

this is solid. nothing groundbreaking or whatever but better than I expected from them at this point. cool guitar tone and the vocals are dustin's best in a bit but it's a little samey

 

I kind of like that it has a focused direction now, TBE and Palms felt really unfocused so I'm okay with a little samey

 

Personally I think this is a nicely varied Thrice record and that they have done some interesting things here while keeping their undeniable sound. Spoken verses on The Dreamer, the 7/8 time signature on Robot, slow sludgy Still Life. Just some great earworms here too, I keep getting Buried and Summer stuck in my head, but it depends on which track I just listened to.

I loved TBE, I felt that the lyrics were very strong without the preachiness that turned me off on Beggars. Not to mention the melodies and production! Just great record, I return to it a lot, more that other favorites like Alchemy and Vheissu. I see myself returning to horizons as well.

 

fuck

 

frankly dislike "Buried" and "Dreamer" a fair bit but everything else is superb. "Dandelion Wine" is an all-timer from these lads

 

I realized that we don’t simply cease to be
We become

 

I agree with Palms, but I thought TBEITBN was very focused and cohesive. Almost to its detriment.

 

Listened to this while cooking breakfast this morning and wow, really excellent. I love the tones and melodies all throughout. Some of their best stuff in awhile for me. Dandelion Wine is my early standout.

 

The lyrics are something else.
Dustin completely switching it up.

 

Still Life is emerging as the fav for me. So goddamn good. Breckenbros have their fingerprints all over that one, it's got that angular/mildly dissonant/Failure/Shiner type sound going on that I know they're super into

 

I'm glad people are loving this album, but it's my least favorite post-reunion album from them. Doesn't make it bad by any means, though, there are just only a handful of songs that I love on it

 

In hindsight, I'm shocked that Color of the Sky wasn't the automatic opener the entire time. It has such an introductory and urgent feel to it. Glad Dustin made the call to bump Scavengers to second.

 

I don’t like a lot of these takes on Thrice previous records and ranking a bands discography two days after a new album is released when they have a bunch of records seems quick.

Enjoying the new record. So cool elements on here for sure. Wanna give it some time to soak in. Also, there is something jazz like about a few moments on this record which is new.