Album Rating: 4.0

Great read - can’t wait to listen!

the hook on Blackout is like jock rock lmao. extremely unconvinced this is gonna be better than East with an opener like that, not a patch on Colour of the Sky

this has been mostly misses for me so far. Undertow is really cool but everything else has been pretty much Palms tier lol, I'm quite confused by the accolades

last 3 songs are the real highlight on here, those probably put it above Palms but not by much

Album Rating: 4.0

I thought Gnash was okay, Dark Glow was pretty good, and Holding On was not great. I really liked East but I'm worried about this one. The positive review is nice but I think our views on post-hiatus Thrice are sufficiently different that it doesn't give me too much confidence, unfortunately!

yeah I have 0 hopes for this but will listen to it, Thrice is kind of an autumn band for me

Album Rating: 3.5

I was going to give it a go but still not available on Spotify... Instead we have a 4-track "single", I won't spoil the LP by listening to those since I already know Gnash and Albatross

Album Rating: 4.0

The full release is this Friday, just a couple days away.

Album Rating: 2.0

We're agreed Rowan, I think this is thoroughly bad besides the last 3 songs

gnash was great and the most exciting track they've done, the rest i checked out was pretty mid like the rest of their last few

I don't think this is bad even just highly unremarkable besides that ending run

Album Rating: 2.0

Vesper Light is probably their best post-hiatus song

dunno if I like it more than Summer Set Fire but it's definitely up there, I like Eddie playing the Schism riff in the middle

Album Rating: 3.0

I’ll have to listen to this again but initial thoughts say the songs here are pretty weak.

Album Rating: 4.0

Seems like I was alone in enjoying this

Album Rating: 3.0

Great review and I agree with many of your points. My primary issue with H/W, is that it is anchored to H/E and doesn't stand on its own. H/W contains numerous sonic, structural, and thematic nods to H/E, which make sense within the context of the Horizons project. Unfortunately, it's been four years since H/E. Thrice, myself, and the world at large have changed, yet H/W seems entirely out of place at this moment in time.

Every moment within H/W feels like a callback, only justified by the existence of H/E. There are moments throughout the album which give the impression that things are going to take off, but ultimately the album doesn't go anywhere because at its core, it's just a delayed continuation of H/E. In short, H/W can be compared to Stranger Things, Season 5... it's nice that it's being released, but is anyone still interested?

Here's to hoping for a few decent B-Sides. The inclusion of both Dead Wake and Open Your Eyes and Dream would have elevated H/E.

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah i gave this a listen and wow it's so incredibly disappointing. can't believe they advertised this with "gnash" being the only song where dustin belts out those old school growls. most of this is the usual tepid thrice we've gotten in the past three releases. both b-sides from horizons/west are better than anything here. it doesn't make any sense...

Album Rating: 5.0

You guys are starting to worry me. Im hyped only off the first two singles

Album Rating: 4.0

I wish I was more hyped but I'm definitely going in with an open mind and a bit of hope.

Album Rating: 2.5

Nice to hear them bringing a little heavy back into their sound but that can't make up for bland songwriting and generic lyrics