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crash_override · 08-08-2009, 02:44 AM

Album Review:

Poison The Well - The Tropic Rot

Track listing:

"Exist Underground" – 3:36
"Sparks It Will Rain" – 4:07
"Cinema" – 4:22
"Pamplemousse" – 5:51
"Who Doesn't Love a Good Dismemberment" – 4:05
"Antarctica Inside Me" – 5:07
"When You Lose I Lose As Well" – 3:30
"Celebrate the Pyre" – 3:04
"Are You Anywhere" – 5:25
"Makeshift Clay You" – 2:40
"Without You and One Other I Am Nothing" – 5:33

This album follows up the bands experimental ambient album, 'Versions', quite nicely. Keeping the ambient, never boring elements in tact while not straying away from the post-hardcore sound that made them famous. A newly found hard rock element is also present, which is a new found sound for the band. Think alot like Queens of The Stone Age meets Alexisonfire. A mysterious sounding, hollow hard rock sound with hard rock infuence and diverse vocals. A great expidetion for the group on this album, they progress their sound once again, yet keep the high level of quality we have expected from the group. Overall this album will give you a fresh edge of the band, while delivering all the things you have grown to love from them.

Standout Tracks:
Cinema
Exist Underground
Who Doesn't Like A Good Dismemberment?

Overall, this is a band that delivers time, and time again. Keep your eyes open and pick up this album if you get the chance.

8.3/10

crash_override · 08-12-2009, 09:52 PM

Crash's Song of The Day - 12 AUG 2009

Thrice - Deadbolt

This is a song that has stuck with me over the last decade, it has has seen me in good times, bad times, in different parts of my life, and has managed to mean something different to me everytime I hear it. A song that was among the first I attempted to play in my first band, Deadbolt has truly been a stable in my musical lifetime. The lyrics "at four in the morning, you know where I'll be. Out running red lights asleep at the wheel" have always spoken volumes to me. The bass fill that's about :48 seconds into the song has kept me awake at night thinking about how perfect it is. The song is a progressive song, not repeating a part, but still remains to be a beautiful masterpiece of a song. Short and sweet, the full version (including piano piece at the end) in 3:01. The song itself is about 2:34, which is short for a song, but this song squeezes every last second for everything it's worth. The way it progressive from an abrasive track meet to a somber lullably so seamlessly has always amazed me. I have had this song stuck in my head all day, and listening to it prompted an entry. Enjoy.

9.2/10
Crash Certified 'Must Have Track'

Thrice · 11-09-2009, 01:03 PM

Hey bro you should keep these coming, I have been partaking in them for quite some time, but havent posted much. Your review of Deadbolt is very fitting , for I view this song very similar. AND I LOVE THAT BASS AT 48.

Thrice · 11-09-2009, 01:04 PM

Shoot, wanted to edit last post, but its been shipped away for approval...maybe a mod can push these together. Did you ever get to see Thrice and PTW touring together back in the day? Maybe around 03-04?

crash_override · 03-26-2010, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrice

Shoot, wanted to edit last post, but its been shipped away for approval...maybe a mod can push these together. Did you ever get to see Thrice and PTW touring together back in the day? Maybe around 03-04?

No I never saw them together, I have never seen PTW, although I would like to.

I have had the privilege of seeing Thrice twice now. Once in 2005 and once last year.

crash_override · 03-27-2010, 12:35 AM

Album Review: 26 March, 2010

Thice - Beggars

1. "All the World Is Mad" 3:59
2. "The Weight" 5:00
3. "Circles" 4:19
4. "Doublespeak" 4:51
5. "In Exile" 3:53
6. "At the Last" 4:05
7. "Wood and Wire" 4:10
8. "Talking Through Glass / We Move Like Swing Sets" 4:30
9. "The Great Exchange" 3:33
10. "Beggars" 5:24

Beggars is the sixth studio album from the California based rock band Thrice. Beggars was released through Vagrant Records on September 15th, 2009, although the album was released to iTunes on August 11th and was leaked illegally at an unknown date prior to both official release dates.

This album takes a slightly different approach than their previous effort, a separately released effort which consisted of 4 separate EP's that was title The Alchemy Index Vol. 1,2,3,4. Beggars takes quite a turn from the experimental/ambient feel of The Alchemy Index series. The band does a tasty job of getting back to their roots as a rock band, while still maintaining the class and maturity they displayed in The Alchemy Index.

This album includes the single "In Exile", which despite not charting on the BIllboard top 100, has received the most mainstream radio play the band has seem since 2005's "All That's Left".

The flow of the album has a great feel. "All The World is Mad" starts the album off very nice, setting the tone of the album and making quite obvious the differences in this album from the bands previous releases. "The Weight" is a slower, yet extremely powerful song that changes up the feel of the album slightly, but still fits right at home at track 2. "In Exile" and "At The Last" are both great tracks and fill out the middle of the album nicely. "Talking Through the Glass" is probably the most nostalgic song on the album, it really sounds a lot like older Thrice, both in Dustin's vocals, and instrumentally. The song also features an Alice in Chains-esque bridge, which surprisingly, fits very well with the flow of the album. "The Great Exchange" and the title track "Beggars" close out the album nicely, both nice groovy, well sung songs with a lot of lyrical substance and meaning. I personally find the bass line on "Beggars" quite addicting.

Overall I would say as a fan of Thrice, I am pleased with the new direction the band has taken with this release. I wasn't a huge fan of The Alchemy Index, although it did receive positive reviews. This album shows more of the bands core musically. Everyone is brilliant instrumentally, with guitar, drum and bass parts subtle, yet very solid throughout. Dustin's solo work has obviously helped him develop a new vocal approach, and it shows on this album, while different than past albums, it works very well. I would recommend this album to any music fan.

Crash's Overall Grade: 8.5/10

Recommended Track's:

"The Weight"
"In Exile"
"At The Last"
"Beggars"

crash_override · 03-29-2010, 07:14 PM

Random thoughts: Monday, March 29th, 2010

Mondays

Why do Mondays suck so much? What makes these days of the week the most dreaded days of all? Well, the answer is simply I don't know. I do know however, that Mondays do suck, I hate them. They're the tragic ending to a beautiful weekend, the shock back to reality after a taste of what life could be like. Which brings me to my next point, are Mondays really bad? Or are weekends really great? I personally think it's both. You leave work early on Friday in a hurry, saying to yourself "eh, I'll save that gigantic pile of work for Monday.", only to come in Monday and want to kill yourself. And are weekends really worth having a recurring case of 'the Mondays'? Who knows, I don't. But what I do know is that I will continue to work for the weekend, and relish my Saturday and Sunday only to go back Monday and begin the misery all over again. So happy Monday everyone!!

Song of The Day:

Cold Rain by Screaming Trees

From 1987's 'Even if and Especially When' album, a great grungy track for all on a day like today...

Arya Stark · 03-29-2010, 11:50 PM

Listening to the song of the day.
There's something I like about it, I'm not sure what it is, exactly.
I like your little Monday paragraph, it's cute.

crash_override · 03-30-2010, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwwSugar

Listening to the song of the day.
There's something I like about it, I'm not sure what it is, exactly.
I like your little Monday paragraph, it's cute.

Well I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's an old favorite I get stuck in my head from time to time. Yesterday felt like a good time to play it.

crash_override · 04-02-2010, 11:50 PM

April 2, 2010

What is there to say? It's the weekend, and that is good. Song of day is really hitting the spot right now. Tasty. Enjoy.

11-09-2009, 01:03 PM	#33 (permalink)
Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,077	Hey bro you should keep these coming, I have been partaking in them for quite some time, but havent posted much. Your review of Deadbolt is very fitting , for I view this song very similar. AND I LOVE THAT BASS AT 48. __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

11-09-2009, 01:04 PM	#34 (permalink)
Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,077	Shoot, wanted to edit last post, but its been shipped away for approval...maybe a mod can push these together. Did you ever get to see Thrice and PTW touring together back in the day? Maybe around 03-04? __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."