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I was quite gutted when Thursday ended their UK
support slot on the My Chemical Romance tour in
2007 early and went on a bit of a hiatus whilst
the band took time off to look back at things and
see what was going right for them and what was going
wrong, I am just glad that the band decided to carry
on and after all this time they are back with a
brand new album ‘Common Existence’.
Most Thursday fans will claim ‘Full Collapse’
to be the bands strongest point and I totally
agree with that, that album was special and had
so many strong moments on it such as the fan favourite
scream song ‘Cross Out the eyes’ and
the amazing single of ‘Understanding In
A Car Crash’ , well ‘Common Existence’
isn’t as good as ‘Full Collapse’
but to be fair it’s not that far behind.
‘Resuscitation Of A Dead Man’ opens
up the album, and from the start when Geoff Rickly
shouts “Ambulance, Let Me In!’ then
go off on some powerful guitar riffs you know
Thursday are back and for the better, the song
is pretty hectic as far as Thursday go, it sounds
more like the bands earlier material rather than
their later stuff which can only be a positive
thing.
The opening to ‘Last Call’ is pretty
technical and heavy, and when the heavy jamming
session reaches its peak, Geoff Rickly comes in
with some almighty screamy vocals, the song goes
from heavy to calm ever so often and Rickly’s
vocals have never sounded so good, making what
appears to be one of the most powerful songs on
the album.
‘As He Climbed The Dark Mountain’
is a really short heavy track, its hardcore by
numbers and there is a lot of distortion in place
and scream vocals that soon turn melodic.
The opening riff to ‘Friends In The Armed
Forces’ is great stuff, it’s very
big sounding and leads in to what happens to be
a very powerful introduction, the vocals then
come in and Rickly lets his venom fly in such
a frantic manner.
Every Thursday album has their acoustic track,
and this time around the acoustic track is ‘Time’s
Arrow’ the song runs well into the 4minute
mark, its provides a nice break from the screamy
nature of the rest of the album and in fact the
song is quite soothing and Rickly gently sings
over various different soundscapes.
‘Unintended Long Term Effects’ is
the shortest song on the album running for just
over 2minutes, but it also happens to be one of
the best tracks on the album, it has so much going
on at such a powerful force for such a short amount
of times, it’s actually a lot to take it
but the more you hear it the more appealing the
song appeals, the guitar riffs are thick and fast
and have a guitar hero ring to them whilst Rickly’s
vocals generally kick arse here.
The album closes with ‘You Were The Cancer’,
the song reminds me of really old Thursday material,
the lyrics are well written and once again Rickly’s
vocals run wild during the song in places.
‘Common Existence’ is an album about
how no matter how big a tragedy is in your life,
it’s the same thing as pretty much everyone
else in the world is going through and they are
common things that happen in life and Thursday
have covered this very well which you can tell
if you look into the various song themes and lyrics
on the album. Thursday are back and now it’s
time for one of the most under rated bands in
the screamo/hardcore scene to finally get the
recognition they deserve.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Tom Keeley
Tim Payne
Geoff Rickly
Steve Pedulla
Tucker Rule
Andrew Everding |
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1. Resuscitation Of A Dead Man
2. Last Call
3. As He Climbed The Dark Mountain
4. Friends In The Armed Forces
5. Beyond The Visible Spectrum
6. Time's Arrow
7. Unintended Long Term Effects
8. Circuits Of Fever
9. Subway Funeral
10. Love Has Led Us Astray
11. You Were The Cancer |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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