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Over the past few years Thrice have listened to
all the feedback they have received and went away
and came up with an idea that no one else has come
up with yet. The band went away and wrote four new
ep's that they hoped would capture the 4 elements
of Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Each ep is 6 tracks
long and being released as double ep's. The first
release 'The Alchemy Index: Vols 1 And 2 Fire And
Water' was released back in October 2007 and was
a really interesting offering sounding completely
different from anything Thrice have done before.
Fire was the heavier ep and water was completely
laid back and to be honest it was quite a shock
listening to both disc's one after another and seeing
such a change in music.
Thrice are now back with 'The Alchemy Index:
Vols 3 And 4 Air And Earth'. The Air section of
the double ep starts with 'Broken Lungs' a song
about September 11, the lyrics are well written
and come across so well, the song is quite laid
back yet quite technical sounding with various
different soundscapes on offer. 'Silver Wings'
finishes the Air element and is my favourite track
on the ep, it’s so softly spoken and features
such laid back relaxing music. The whole of the
Air element is extremely laid back and is not
the kind of stuff you can imagine Thrice jumping
around on stage to like they’re used to,
instead the more mature sound will leave for a
more intimate Thrice experience on the live circuit,
just don’t forget your lighters. The clever
thing about the Air element is the way that the
whole of the 6 tracks on the ep are based on air
in someway such as in the form of breathing, flying,
the sky etc, the soft music and vocals also add
to the element and really bring Air to life.
The Earth element of the double ep, is quite
interesting too, the ep is very acoustic sounding,
which gives the strong sounding vocals time to
fully shine through. The opening track 'Moving
Mountains' is vocally very strong, yet lyrically
quite repetitive; the backing music on offer is
acoustic and quite minimal. The guitar riffs on
'The Earth Isn't Humming' are pretty good, the
backing music in the song has the feel of something
Tool would come up with and the vocals once again
stand out. 'Come all You Weary' is the strongest
track on the Earth element due to it being the
only song to feature an electric guitar, it’s
a lot different from the rest of the ep but still
sounds quite stripped down in sound. The Earth
element finishes with 'Child Of Dust' a song that
is quite eerie sounding and gives you the feeling
that you are attending a funeral, the song features
group vocals that fade away slowly before completely
stopping, giving you the freaky feeling that you
are slowly falling asleep when you’re not.
It’s interesting to know that Thrice wrote
and recorded all four elements of 'The Alchemy
Index' at the same time as they sound so different
from each other. Thrice have transformed themselves
from your average American hardcore band to become
a truly impressive experimental rock band who
have created a variety of musical moods and soundscapes.
It’s hard to pick a favourite element from
the 4 ep’s Thrice have released in the past
6 months but what I will say is that each ep is
enjoyable in its own way and you will find yourself
listening to the different ep's at different times
depending on your mood.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Teppei Teranishi (Guitar)
Ed Breckenridge (Bass)
Dustin Kensrue (Vocals, Guitar)
Riley Breckenridge (Drums) |
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Disc 1 - Air
Broken Lungs
Sky Is Falling
Song For Milly Michaelson
Daedalus
As The Crow Flies
Silver Wings
Disc 2 - Earth
Moving Mountains
Digging My Own Grave
Earth Isn't Humming
Lion And The Wolf
Come All You Weary
Child Of Dust |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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