Thrice

By Brandon J. on September-13-2009 | Filed under Artist of the Week | Tags : , , | Share

Thrice

Thrice will release “Beggars on September 15th (in CD Format) through Vagrant Records…

[Taken from Wikipedia] Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school.

Early in their career, the band was known for fast, hard music based in heavily distorted guitars, prominent lead guitar lines, and frequent changes in complex time signatures.” This style is exemplified on their second album, The Illusion of Safety (2002) and their third album The Artist in the Ambulance (2003). Their fourth album Vheissu (2005) made significant changes by incorporating electronic beats, keyboards, and more mature and nuanced songwriting. [7][8] Their fifth effort was a quadruple album entitled The Alchemy Index (2007/2008), released as two sets of two CDs that together make a 4-part, 24-song cycle. Each of the four 6-song EPs of the Alchemy Index features significantly different styles, based on different aspects of the band’s musical aesthetic which reflect the elemental themes of fire, water, air and earth, both lyrically and musically. The band’s sixth album, entitled Beggars, was released on August 11, 2009.

Throughout the band’s career, Thrice has been known to donate proceeds from album sales to charitable or non-profit organizations, including novelist Dave Eggers’s charity 826 Valencia, which promotes literacy and aids teens with creative writing. In return, Eggers created the cover art for Vheissu.

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Brandon Jones is a 35 year old male living in Orange County, CA. with his wife of 15 years, 2 sons, 1 daughter and a bunch of animals. Brandon enjoys living a life for God, Family, Passionate music, the ocean, the mountains, gardening, and working in the Machining industry (Real Job). Too many favorite bands to list here. View LastFm profile here... (Check me out on Twitter @brandonivm ) View all posts by Brandon J.

6 Responses to 'Thrice'

  1. (a different) Dan says:

    This album is freakin’ amazing. Probably the AOTY for me

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  2. tfarris says:

    10/10. I like this album. tis great!

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  3. I have to give it more listens. It was good but I have a feeling it’s a grower. Didn’t care much for ‘All the World Is Mad’ but it picked up a good deal after that.

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  4. tfarris says:

    Heck ya it had to grow. I didn’t care for “all the world is mad” either but after a few listens yesterday, I was hooked…on that song and the album.

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  5. That song actually already grew on me, haha. Now it’s just ‘Wood & Wire’ (pacing is too slow and uneventful) and ‘Talking Through Glass’ that have to grow on me. I have a feeling this album will end up in my top 5 on the year though.

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  6. matt b says:

    listened to this baby nonstop since tuesday.

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