Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 163

Yea it's a reoccurring lyrical theme for Dustin so I'll say it definitely was a reference to the lyric

 

Do I spend 50 dollars just to see thrice on the upcoming tour? I would stay for rise against and deftones but my fiancée isn't into those bands and the only way I could get her to agree to go with me is if we left right after thrice, who is one of her favorite bands lol.. so yea I mean they are incredible live so totally worth it for 30-45 minute solid set ha?

 

IC has Phoenix, T&C and Torch to End all Torches. Rank it at least #50.

 

Air/Earth & Beggars are far and away the best thing they've done

 

I'll take it a step further.

49. Identity Crisis

 

Stay

 

Why don't you just tell her that you want to stay for the entire show...?

 

It's all about the weight my dudes

 

The drums in the verse of the weight are so good. Such a cool pattern

 

With me

 

Circles takes the cake for me on Beggars, but The Weight sure is a jam and a half

 

Circles or in exile is my favorite

 

Like them both I dunno what turns me off to Beggars so much. Maybe i need to come back to it with a different frame of mind.

 

These are in my top 3, along with the title track

 

time to listen to Beggars today. It's been probably 6 months

 

For me what really makes beggars stand out is the guitar player. There are just such tasty little guitar parts all over the record that makes you think like yea that part is perfect for this song. It's not flashy but it's intelligent and incredibly well thought out

 

Like the lead guitar that comes in on the second half of the verse the weight. Such a catchy little line and adds so much to the song

 

I think TBEITBN Has those parts too but they are way too buried in the mix

 

Yep. and I'll never understand why I've seen 3 people say it's 'stripped down' or whatever

Beggars that is

 

This Beggars talk is gonna make me throw this on now for my commute home

 

I don't think "stripped down" is the right term, but it certainly has a certain aesthetic to it that I would describe more as "organic" (which isn't even quite right, but I think is closer) which I think borrows largely from what they did on Earth. In that way I think it contrasts somewhat with Vheissu and especially with something like Water.

I can understand why some people aren't as big of fans of that sound and, for me, it's part of the reason why it's not my top Thrice album. I think the songs are really strong, but the overall sound requires me to be in a certain mood to want to listen to it (whereas Vheissu I can throw on pretty much any time).

 

Maybe you're talking about production/mixing.

Because Beggars has more tonal variety, and more influence from multiple genres that aren't rock, more thoughtful melodies than anything they did after it or anything else they did for that matter barring Alchemy.

 

Oh, yes, I think it's definitely largely due to the production/mixing. There's just a cohesiveness to the overall sound and feel of the album that flows through all of the songs, even with all of the variety. It has this quasi live, almost gritty, sound to it.

And I think that's what people are trying to get at when they call it "stripped down".

 

I love the outro of Circles so much and how Dustin's vocals are sung in the same key as whatever riff is being quickly strummed. Or at least I think they're in the same key or octave or something

 

Agreed on how the production sounds. I like it.

There's such a disconnect between that and being 'stripped down' though imo that I can't even follow the logic. Wonder if that's actually really what they mean.