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Thursday - Split
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The long rumored Thursday/Envy split is a gem. These veteran bands do what they do best: pack rich compositions with a lot of raw emotion. Maturity allows these bands to focus on range, song writing, and crafting dynamic sounds rather than aggression. Thursday formed in 1997, and by 2002 they enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV. But soon the fan base retreated as screamo fell out of favor. A lot has happened since then - with the band and the scene - but Thursday sounds strong here, improved but not reinvented. They take the first turn with "As He Climbed the Dark Mountain". Frantic drums propel this track as Geoff Rickly delivers his homespun vocal - a bright, impassioned and often off key pleading. On this split, Thursday do little screaming as the band steps away from screamo towards a purer post-hardcore sound. Next, "In Silence" kicks off with a beat and splashing cymbal. Piano and well-couched synths appear before a soaring, distant guitar. This sounds as much like a post-rock instrumental as it does a post-hardcore song. The track hits a groove and then reaches fruition in full-bodied guitars....full text |
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In a way, split albums are more interesting to analyze than regular full-length albums, because a lot of times the bands influence each others' sounds in the studio. This has never been more apparent than on Envy and Thursday's recent split. Far removed from their typical pop-influenced post hardcore sound, Thursday have taken on many of Envy's traits, creating an EP consisting of two traditional Thursday songs and two spacey, ambient pieces, both of which are instrumental. On the other side of the split, Envy wrote one song that reflects Thursday's new direction, and two straightforward hardcore songs similar to the songwriting that Thursday typically employed in the past. "An Umbrella Fallen Into Fiction" starts Envy's side of the split off on a bit of a shaky note, with Tetsuya Fukagawa's spoken word Japanese vocals sitting above a great clean guitar lead. However, some questionable electronic elements bring the start of the song down a little bit. They drop out soon enough though, as the guitar becomes more prominent, including more of the higher strings into its progression. The last third of the song sees a buildup in the electronic drums, with distortion slowly seeping into the chords. A typical Envy explosion might be expected here, but instead they throw a curveball, flowing into what is arguably the most majestic moment of their career. The chord progression is absolutely lovely, and Fukagawa's screaming seems somehow more beautiful than abrasive. It's completely out of left field, but amazingly so, and it saves the song from its somewhat mediocre first half. "Isolation of a Light Source" would fit well with All the Footprints You've Ever Left... era Envy, with its tremolo-picked riffs, chaotic drumming, and harsh screams interspersed with spoken word sections, which have become fairly prominent in Envy's music over the years. Many times they come in when the music is at its most tumultuous, creating a nice dichotomy of light and heavy. Dairoku Seki's drumming is to be commended; from album to album he has become more and more impressive; in this particular track his performance becomes more frantic and erratic as the song progresses. "Pure Birth and Loneliness" is an Abyssal-style track, with tuneful singing from Fukagawa which has improved tenfold since their early days. Although Envy have never been a band to focus too much on riffs, the odd-time signature repeating riff in the last minute of the song is the best thing they've ever written guitar-wise....full text |
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This might be the first time I’ve been able to say that I like a Thursday record without feeling obligated to stammer out a qualification. The band’s early work was solid but blunt, relying far too much on frontman Geoff Rickly’s divisive yelps. He’s always had a knack for sounding on the verge of a breakdown, something that doesn’t necessarily hold up for the duration of an album. So, after teetering on the edge of a breakup, Thursday returned with 2006’s A City By The Light Divided, which found the band employing more subtle dynamics and fuller sonic textures to Rickly’s consistently touching lyrics. But the Thursday that fans had fallen for was gone, replaced by a half-neutered rock band that sounded ready for their windblown, mountaintop closeup. It just didn’t sound desperate anymore. Two years down the road, Thursday finally comes of age with the A-side to this split LP with Japan’s Envy. In four songs, Thursday prove their ambition, but also unleash the urgency that drew listeners to the band in the first place. Opener “As He Climbed The Dark Mountain” is the band at their finest. Charging out of the gates with an avalanche of guitars and drums, Rickly lets his brittle voice loose, carrying the song with a newfound melodic confidence, but never losing touch with his emotional heft. He’s pleading, desperate, and excitable, reminding us that ‘emo’ is supposed to stand for ‘emotion’ — and he’s in no short supply. A stream of moaning guitar swirls around the song’s final act, and Rickly, sounding as though he’s leveled himself, drops to a whisper before disappearing altogether in the stellar instrumental “In Silence.” Without Rickly, Thursday are forced to delve even deeper into post-rock dynamics, with nervous electronic glitches coursing through the song’s trudging, fuzz-baked duration. Piano and guitar noise keep things aloft, while a syncopated drum base keeps the song staggering and — as is once again becoming customary for the band — urgent. “In Silence” later sees a re-imagined remix treatment from Anthony Molina of Mercury Rev, becoming “Appeared And Was Gone.” And, simply put, Thursday have put together their best work here....full text |
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