Thrice - Palms (September 14, 2018) Album • Page 145

I don't see Palms having the staying power like Vheissu, Alchemy and Beggars. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy it, and I'm excited to listen more, but I think 10 years from now we'll still be talking about those 3 releases I just listed

 

I love how different this album is and helps round their sound. It fits really nice into their discography as a whole. Not close to their best though. I can see people saying it's their favorite, but their best will always be V

 

Meh. Sold out after Identity Crisis

 

Damn, you weren't kidding. This shit is goooood!

Hold Up A Light feels very generic and lazy to me. It reminds me of this song I haven't heard or thought about in 15 years:

Not a favorable association, but luckily none of the other songs feel that way though.

I disagree. I think Only Us makes for a much better single and I think it's a terrific opener. Not a fan how the album opens with both singles in a row though.

 

If you listen to the record and have a sense of where it falls for you, nothing wrong in articulating it. What the hell is the point of this thread if not for that?

It doesn’t mean that it’s set in stone. When Vheissu came out, I immediately said it was my favorite and it was. I knew it from day 1. Under some people’s logic here, even though I was correct and I haven’t ever really waivered from that, I shouldn’t have expressed that opinion? Nah, fuck that.

I know what I like. I know I like this considerably more than pretty much all of their releases except Beggars and Vheissu. So I’m gonna go ahead and say that.

In three years, if I don’t like it as much, I’ll say that.

Not sure why there needs to be some policing about when people are allowed to form an opinion on something.

 

I don't really know where this album falls for me in their discography.

I do know that "Just Breathe", "Everything Belongs", and "Blood On Blood" are easily among my favorite Thrice songs already.

 

You must be new here

 

I thought it'd be tough for them to top Hurricane at this stage in their career, but man, I like most of the songs on Palms better than Hurricane right now. Just loving Palms.

 

For me, Thrice has already created a few of my favorite albums of all time and are easily my favorite band. At this point in their career if they're putting together solid albums that I can enjoy all the way through and a few songs on each that become favorites, that's all gravy.

 

play it again

 

I never said it was their best album, and I’ve been clear that I understand it’s the honeymoon phase.

I just really really enjoy it.

 

thats sort of how I feel, this isn't my aoty but I love it.. solid rock record that grooves hard. I'll be going back to it for a long time, like I do with all of their albums. They will never top vheissu for me and that is ok

 

No half measures! Declare it their best or declare it their worst or GTFO.

ALFM

 

Imma let you finish, but "Red Sky" is the greatest Thrice song of all time....

 

It's a Really Good Song™ but wouldn't make my top 3 from that album (Between the End and Where We Lie, The Earth Will Shake, Stand and Feel Your Worth, with the b-side Flags of Dawn as an honorable mention).

 

I was making a joke, Christopher. ugh.

 

Just got my digital downloads from KRM. The deluxe vinyl again says Clear +3 color splatter. If they screw me/us on this deal I’m gonna be super pissed off.

 

Same. Same. SAME.

 

Rather than rank, here are my top songs from each release (3 from each full length, 2 from each volume of TAI, 3 b-sides):

IC
To What End?
Ultra Blue
T&C

TIOS
Trust
To Awake and Avenge the Dead
So Strange I Remember You

TAITA
Under a Killing Moon
The Melting Point of Wax
The Artist In the Ambulance

Vheissu
Between the End and Where We Lie
The Earth Will Shake
Stand and Feel Your Worth

Fire
Firebreather
The Arsonist

Water
Digital Sea
The Whaler

Air
The Sky Is Falling
A Song for Milly Michaelson

Earth
The Earth Isn't Humming
Come All You Weary

Beggars
All the World Is Mad
The Weight
Beggars

M/m
Yellow Belly
Promises
Blur

TBEITBN
Hurricane
The Window
The Long Defeat

Palms
Just Breathe
Everything Belongs
Blood On Blood

B-Sides
Flags of Dawn
Red Telephone
Sea Change

 

Don’t think I won’t call that phone number either....

 

This could be fun!


IC
Phoenix Ignition
Identity Crisis
Ultra Blue

TIOS
In Years to Come
Where Idols Once Stood
Betrayal is a Symptom

TAITA
Blood Clots and Black Holes
Under a Killing Moon
Silhouette

Vheissu
For Miles
Red Sky
The Earth Will Shake

Fire
Burn the Fleet
The Messenger

Water
Open Water
The Whaler

Air
Broken Lungs
Daedalus

Earth
Come All You Weary
Child of Dust

Beggars
All the World Is Mad
At The Last
In Exile

M/m
Yellow Belly
Promises
Cataracts

TBEITBN
Hurricane
Black Honey
The Long Defeat

Palms
Just Breathe
Everything Belongs
A Branch In The River

B-Sides
Motion Isn't Meaning
Red Telephone
Lullaby

 

New interview with Thrice: Interview: Thrice | Killing Moon

Feel free to skip the first few paragraphs.

 

Hell yeah, a new way to rank shit. I’m in. Just give me a moment.

Edit: this is really hard!

 

Initial thoughts after a first listen:

I like it, don’t love it. But I felt the same way about Beggars, which ultimately grew on me. I feel this is a very cohesive album and not merely a collection of songs.

Stand outs thus far: The Grey, Just Breathe, A Branch In The River, Beyond The Pines.

I’m seeing a lot of Beggars, Air and TBEITBN elements in here. Hard to pinpoint which songs, but I see bits and pieces in certain songs.

 

the label submits it