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Thrice
Post Hardcore.
This was born out of Hardcore, born out of Punk, and I guess driven by the birth of Emo.
Think hardcore but you can understand the lyrics, so the whole thing is written a few steps behind a punk song. That's the point of post-hardcore.
The elegance and poignancy of (80's/90's) emo with the spark and fire of hardcore with the jagged rawness of punk.
Thrice are a post-hardcore band that has shifted through the apexs of the genre as they aged and matured in the real world.
Early on you had the stripped down, shreddy march of Unquestioned Answers, Phoenix Ignition & A Torch To End All Torches
Then came the focused and pointedly polished aggression of Illusion of Safety tracks like See You In The Shallows, Deadbolt & the painful, heartfelt beauty of In Years To Come.
By the time difficult album number 3 came around they had grown up enough to let their instruments take centre stage rather than play a more wall of sound approach. Tracks like All That's Left, Stare At The Sun & the sublime Artist In The Ambulance that have plenty of catchy hooks and rhythm along with the splendidly able nods to hardcore style songs.
At this point the midlife crisis slips in. They start listening to Polyphonic Spree and get hippie girlfriends. Their association with bumping into Woody Harrelson at Sizzler leads to them receiving more hemp clothing in the mail than they could ever clear out on Craigslist within a timely manner, so they end up thinking they need to be "arty".
Don't get me wrong, Vheissu isn't a terrible album by any reasonable metric, but the perfected styles and polish slip aside in exchange for experimentation first and foremost. You can still hear that attention to detail on a few tracks like the thundering The Earth Will Shake. Red Sky is a good example of the breadth of directions they are trying to cover all at once (I even can here some Eric Clapton in some of the guitar chords for some odd reason). Image Of The Invisible is a solid attempt at that earlier style while retaining the newer take of creating instrumental hooks.
Alchemy Index is where they went way out and lost me for a bit. Nothing really grabbed me enough to recommend.
Maturity! The acceptance of who you are! The ability to be your past, your present and what you wish your future to be! Beggars! Great album where they settled comfortably into almost a post-post-hardcore spot of crunchy alternative indie rock. My favourite track of course is The Weight which I obviously identify with, with At The Last being a good showcase of their punchy, driven anthems.
They followed that up with the similarly solid Major/Minor, hitting all the same spots. Call It In The Air is a nice loud/soft piece, with tracks like Yellow Belly, Cataracts & Promises bringing the rock.
Fin. I got lazy towards the end.
Really glad to hear the meds are helping so well! Great steps forward.
Post Hardcore.
This was born out of Hardcore, born out of Punk, and I guess driven by the birth of Emo.
Think hardcore but you can understand the lyrics, so the whole thing is written a few steps behind a punk song. That's the point of post-hardcore.
The elegance and poignancy of (80's/90's) emo with the spark and fire of hardcore with the jagged rawness of punk.
Thrice are a post-hardcore band that has shifted through the apexs of the genre as they aged and matured in the real world.
Early on you had the stripped down, shreddy march of Unquestioned Answers, Phoenix Ignition & A Torch To End All Torches
Then came the focused and pointedly polished aggression of Illusion of Safety tracks like See You In The Shallows, Deadbolt & the painful, heartfelt beauty of In Years To Come.
By the time difficult album number 3 came around they had grown up enough to let their instruments take centre stage rather than play a more wall of sound approach. Tracks like All That's Left, Stare At The Sun & the sublime Artist In The Ambulance that have plenty of catchy hooks and rhythm along with the splendidly able nods to hardcore style songs.
At this point the midlife crisis slips in. They start listening to Polyphonic Spree and get hippie girlfriends. Their association with bumping into Woody Harrelson at Sizzler leads to them receiving more hemp clothing in the mail than they could ever clear out on Craigslist within a timely manner, so they end up thinking they need to be "arty".
Don't get me wrong, Vheissu isn't a terrible album by any reasonable metric, but the perfected styles and polish slip aside in exchange for experimentation first and foremost. You can still hear that attention to detail on a few tracks like the thundering The Earth Will Shake. Red Sky is a good example of the breadth of directions they are trying to cover all at once (I even can here some Eric Clapton in some of the guitar chords for some odd reason). Image Of The Invisible is a solid attempt at that earlier style while retaining the newer take of creating instrumental hooks.
Alchemy Index is where they went way out and lost me for a bit. Nothing really grabbed me enough to recommend.
Maturity! The acceptance of who you are! The ability to be your past, your present and what you wish your future to be! Beggars! Great album where they settled comfortably into almost a post-post-hardcore spot of crunchy alternative indie rock. My favourite track of course is The Weight which I obviously identify with, with At The Last being a good showcase of their punchy, driven anthems.
They followed that up with the similarly solid Major/Minor, hitting all the same spots. Call It In The Air is a nice loud/soft piece, with tracks like Yellow Belly, Cataracts & Promises bringing the rock.
Fin. I got lazy towards the end.
Ah man that sucks that she is having problems. Hopefully she snaps out of it soon, sobriety has to get through to the mind eventually.
Really glad to hear the meds are helping so well! Great steps forward.
