Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

it's really fucking awesome







4 words

Album Rating: 5.0

I really can't ask for much more from modern rock. The album is simply brilliant. The review is good too

Album Rating: 3.0

This is just soooooooooo okay.

Album Rating: 4.0

I can't say I'm a huge fan of post rock but to me this is what seperates the greats from the goods. This album is really

brilliant.

Is this really post-rock? I would have just left it in alternative/post-hardcore...

Album Rating: 3.0

Is sim really dim? I would have just left it at retarded...





KIDDIIIIIIING I've been drinking.

Album Rating: 4.0

it has an alternative vibe but I can't really pinpoint any post hardcore in this, seems they left that behind some time ago. Regardless I don't think its easy to classify this.

Album Rating: 2.0

uh, I never thought I'd be saying this.



Does anyone else feel that while Beggars incorporated themes, such as the death penalty, Orwell's

1984, and a sense that the world is destroying itself beyond anyone's control...



Major/Minor is a soapbox for Krensue to proclaim his relationship with Jesus and Christianity. I was

so caught up in the preaching during my first listen that the music and composition seemed

inconsequential.



And I love Thrice. WTF. Am I wrong? Do people not see this? Are all these 4's and 4.5's for

people who either agree with Krensue's message or who don't mind having beliefs funneled into their

ears?



I might have to review this.



Dissappointed.

Album Rating: 4.0

All these 4's and 4.5s are from people who see this as a goddamn good album, not because of Krensue's message.

Album Rating: 2.0

I guess I was blind-sided by the noninclusive nature of the lyrics. Many of the songs strike me as a furthering a "one of us, or one of them" ideology.

I didn't even read/read about any of the lyrics.

Album Rating: 2.0

give it a shot - I found Beggars to be much more diverse and appealing lyrically. "All The World Is Mad", "Doublespeak", "Wood and Wire", "In Exile" "The Weight" - each may have Christian themes or undertones, however, they are so strong conceptually that they work outside of a religious context!



Only a few on Major/Minor accomplish this hallmark. Treading Paper, Words in the Water, especially Listen Through Me seem to be exclusively about Krensue's struggles/relationship with Christianity. That's fine and well, but without introducing separate strong themes, the songwriting seems to be, for lack of a better word, "weaker".



There's nothing wrong with it. I am just startled, I expected something different.

Album Rating: 4.0

I too am pretty disappointed by the lyrical content, and I say this as a devout Christian. I look to Kensrue as a shining light of Christian artistic integrity, miles away from the trite crap found in CCM. Here he comes dangerously close to falling into tired cliches. He just isn't saying anything particular interesting or anything he hasn't said before. The lyrical content of Thrice's songs are what generate the emotional connection I have with them, but I can't do it very easily on this record. As a result I don't feel engaged with it at all.



Although I'm hoping it will grow on me I feel that this is a huge step down from Beggars, which imo, is their best record. And it isn't just the lyrics. The music, the vocals, the lyrics, all worked together in one unified aesthetic with Beggars. On Major/Minor, the style from beggars is there, but it doesn't flesh out any unified essence of what the record is about. It feels like Thrice are just playing with that style 'cause that's where they are at, as a matter of historical contingency. Moreover, the distinctive elements of Beggars' sound is buried under flashes of older elements of Thrice's sound and as a result, nothing is prominent. It's just rock, plain old.



There are definitely some good songs here, but I feel that artistically, it's their least accomplished record since their pre-Vheissu days. Really hoping my opinion changes though.

Album Rating: 2.0

said it better than I could, and I agree, least accomplished since pre-Vheissu. I hope it grows as well.

Album Rating: 3.0

Oh my stars, you sound disappointed.



IT'S A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

Album Rating: 4.0

Lol @ people forming an opinion on the music based on the lyrics



a lot of the post hardcore bands seem to have made a shift towards post rock recently

Album Rating: 4.0

As a slightly more minor note (as opposed to major, haw haw) I bloody wish Dustin would scream on this record. So many moments feel like they could have been made ten times more awesome by a scream, but he cuts it off before it gets going. Urgh!

Album Rating: 4.0

AnarchistFish - you realise that lyrics are like, part of the album right? Lyrics mean more to some people than others. It's not ridiculous to care about the message of the music. I can certainly enjoy music without enjoying the lyrics, but I never LOVE music if the lyrics don't resonate with me. If you're not 'wired' that way, then so be it.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Telebyrd and nightbird are hitting the nail on the head over and over again. Beggars, quite simply put, is the better album. This is good, but Beggars completely anihilates it, especially in terms of Dustin couching his theological opinions in more philosophical, secular terms. There are still hints of his Christianity, but, like the great Sufjan, Krensue explores it and recognizes his struggles with it in the face of such a cruel, often unjust world. Major/Minor feels a lot more like a sermon than a lament, and it is so much the worse for it.



That said, still a fantastic album.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Nightbringer's case in point: the best song on the album, "Call It In The Air." How does it differentiate itself? DUSTIN SCREAMS HIS HEART OUT AT THE MOST EMOTIONAL MOMENTS. You know, one of the very things which made Thrice fucking amazing in the first place. I'm not saying I dislike his more traditional vocals, because I think his voice is amazing regardless, but those screams really, really connect with me on an emotional level. It's for this reason that I'll likely never agree with any of you that Vheissu or The Alchemy Index are better than Illusion of Safety or Artist In The Ambulance.



"It looks deep enough from here, I'm DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVING!"