Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 4

At least lyrically notable struggling. Every Christian has struggles, just how every human has struggles, but TAITA was the only time when Dustin was struggling with doubt, particularly. Ever since Vheissu he's been extremely firm, especially as he's diven into reformed theology and the particular beliefs that founded the Protestant Reformation.

 

Yayyyyyy I finally found someone else whose favorite is M/m!!!

 

Yes! I really think they get better with each release, so I'm expecting the new record to be my new favorite!

 

Me too! Me and a lot of my best friends are currently spread out across the continet, but we're all huge Thrice fans, so this is going to be something that ties us all together undoubtedly

 

I totally agree... I think non religious people listening to Thrice may be surprised if they knew how many lyrics are basically quoting the bible.

 

This discussion caused me to read through basically Vheissu, TAI, and Beggars lyrics... Honestly with maybe the exception of TAI, those albums don't have any less religious content and references than Major/Minor. And it's not even like there's a lot of them but they're just more cryptic... No, like, there's a lot of them and it's totally obvious.

I dno, I really think lots of people didn't like Major/Minor musically, so including the lyrics in the complaint was an easy thing to do. But I mean, in Beggars the lyrics are just as obvious as Major/Minor. I'd say the only difference is M/m contains maybe the most obvious of religious lyrics from Thrice's discography (Listen Through Me)... But really, even then, is "Listen Through Me" any more obvious the a song like "For Miles" that is explicitly paraphrasing John 15:13 throughout the entire song? Or a song like Moving Mountains that is literally a commentary on 1 Corinthians 13?... The list goes on.

Anyway I didn't mean to rant. TLDR; I don't think Major/Minor is any different in lyrical content than any other Thrice album. And I also think because it didn't click musically with a lot of people, it's easy at that point to disregard the lyrical content.

 

You make a good point. I mean Like Moths To Flame is about Peter the Apostle right? I could be wrong. Come All aye Weary takes lines directly from Matthew.

Even with that though M/m felt more obvious for some reason. I think maybe it's because Dustin had talked about it before and mentioned M/m specifically.

It's not so much the lyrics I don't like about M/m, I still really like that album. The problem for me is personal, my friend is overly obsessed with Thrice to the point where he stopped listening to basically everything else except them and it burned me out during the M/m run.

 

That's unfortunate to hear! It's no good when someone's fandom makes it hard for others to be fans. I can't say I haven't been guilty of this myself though

 

Yeah I try and not let it effect me, and I've gotten better about it. Now I'm all about hyping up the new album with him. But for whatever reason it just bugged me dying the M/m run.

 

I can understand that for sure. My brother and I ruin albums for each other all the time by trying to force them on one another. Sometimes, we never get into the album being pushed, sometimes it takes years for one of us to come around on album.

 

Oh it's definitely there on TAI. You mentioned Moving Mountains, but Child of Dust is also filled with Christian imagery and Digging My Own Grave is about the sinful state of man. I think Open Water is about God's grace, meanwhile The Messenger is about missionaries and references I believe Isaiah 6.

 

I wouldn't say "Call It in the Air" features explicitly Christian themes; the song discusses the gravity of our choices with regard to life and death. Personally, I do think Dustin issues a call to faith in that song, but it could be interpreted differently. "Listen Through Me" is the more explicit side of that coin with regard to Christianity. Additionally, "Blinded" and "Treading Paper" are both solid songs, but come across as lyrically heavy-handed.

That said, Dustin treads a subtle line with "Cataracts" (Matthew 13:1-9) and "Disarmed" (1 Corinthians 15:55), both of which are two of my favorite Thrice songs. "The Great Exchange" has always been near the top for me as well, as its picture of the Gospel is strikingly tactful and beautiful.

 

Digging the backtrack of the new update. The minor version of that lead line at the end of the video is awesome!

 

Maybe everyone will quit about this being radio rock now

 

I can see that. When I first heard all the Thrice records together in 2012, I was a pretty hardcore Christian, so I guess I didn't realize how explicit it was since it pretty much lined up with my worldview. I've since had a sort of falling out with the church, and don't really agree with a lot of things I held to before. So listening to it now is a bit jarring. I still love Thrice and appreciate all Dustin's lyrics, it just feels new and somewhat foreign to me. I don't get the same vibe when I listen to the other albums, but maybe that's just me.

 

I mean, I would be stoked to hear Thrice on the radio more than anything hahaha

 

When M/M was released, I was still in my angry "New Atheist" phase, so I found a lot of the lyrics unappealing. These days, I'm much more open minded towards religion and spirituality, so I feel like I appreciate Dustin's lyrics way more than I used to.

 

It's kinda weird, I used to be all about hardcore Christian lyrics when I was younger, but was a lot less religious. Now I don't like when they are really overt and obvious, yet I'm far more religious than when I was younger.

That said, I really don't mind Thrice's lyrics but I am stoked for a more political album this time around.

 

the music in that new vid started off as really mundane to me but then as it progressed and changed slightly into that really sinister cadence towards the end....that was pretty interesting. they've got my attention with that

 

With the music from those studio videos, Tates description of Beggars sound meets TAITA straightfowardness does not seem to line up at all! Sounds NOTHING like beggars so far. Couldn't picture those instrumentals anywhere on beggars. Then again he's heard the album..... So far sounds like fire meets air meets something kinda different to me.

 

Super hopeful for this record. I hope Teppei not playing guitar for 3 years and them recording in different locations don't affect the album in a negative way.

 

I'm not religious at all and I love Dustins lyrics

 

From the band via Twitter: "To clarify, a lot of the record was written over distance, but there was very much in person jamming as well for weeks at a time."

 

Thrice is the best! The songs in the background sound amazing, May 27th can't come soon enough.

 

Dustin pulls from things in his life. Yes religion is huge part of it, but themes like his wife and daughters, certain books, movies and tv (like Walking Dead and No Country For Old Men), Greek Mythology, world views/events and so much more.

What I do love about his writing in this is that it's isn't always specific. Someone brought up For Miles having biblical roots, but it also makes sense in a touring band sort of way. Dustin's Modern Post stuff is way more blunt in writing about God/Jesus/Religion.

Either way, really excited for the new record. Dustin will write what he wants and we should all know that by this point.