| Entertainment Weekly |
The awesome irony of A City by the Light Divided is that, under producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips), this is the Jersey quintet's most riff-heavy, unified work yet. Combining the youthful aggression of 2001's Full Collapse (led by stellar anthem ''Autobiography of a Nation'') and the solid, if stilted, professionalism of their major-label debut, 2003's War All the Time, Fridmann guides screamo's best band into stronger (the hooky single ''Counting 5-4-3-2-1'') and more eclectic (the crashing organ instumental ''The Light'') territory—and to their crowning achievement....full text |
| PunkNews |
| I always figured this would be Thursday's 'make or break' album. Though they put forward a strong attempt with War All the Time, it wasn't able to match the all-around intensity and drive that made them so incredibly popular with Full Collapse. I thought if they weren't able to do it with this release, they never would, and would soon fade off into a list of bands that had a strong foundation but never grew into their own voice. Fortunately for Thursday, A City by the Light Divided buries any idea that this band can't reinvent themselves. This seems to be the record the band tried to make with War All the Time, but wasn't ready to....full text |
| AbsolutePunk |
| In 1992, the defending AFC Champion Buffalo Bills faced the Houston Oilers in the AFC Wild Card round. The first half of this game was a disaster for the Bills. Jim Kelly out with an injury and the Oilers dominated going into halftime with a 28-3 lead. Dejected, the Bills didn’t have a lot of time to make changes, but they realized they were the defending champs and needed to live up to that....full text |
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The awesome irony of A City by the Light Divided is that, under producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips), this is the Jersey quintet's most riff-heavy, unified work yet. Combining the youthful aggression of 2001's Full Collapse (led by stellar anthem ''Autobiography of a Nation'') and the solid, if stilted, professionalism of their major-label debut, 2003's War All the Time, Fridmann guides screamo's best band into stronger (the hooky single ''Counting 5-4-3-2-1'') and more eclectic (the crashing organ instumental ''The Light'') territory—and to their crowning achievement.