I thought TBEITBN was doubting the faith based on its title alone, but I guess not. Though going by Dustin's tweets, he seems to be quite done with the conservative religious. Not sure if I'll listen to this any time soon though.

Album Rating: 3.5

Such an inconsistent record. Just Breathe, Blood on Blood, and Beyond the Pines are fantastic, but this thing also has Everything Belongs and Hold Up the Light, which are god awful

Album Rating: 2.5

I’m really dissaponted in this record, beyond the pines however.....as good as they have ever been.

Dustin is at his best on this record too, getting better with age but the music behind him hasn’t followed

Album Rating: 3.5

Saw them last night in SF, what a treat. So much energy and passion. Hold Up a Light is actually pretty fun live, The Long Defeat was heartbreaking, and Paper Tigers absolutely rips.

Album Rating: 2.5

Don't feel the need to come back to this album which is a first for me with this band.

Album Rating: 4.0

This is growing on me

Album Rating: 3.0

This falls just shy of my top 50 atm but I'll need to try again a few more times.

Album Rating: 3.5

"The Dark" gets hated on from time to time; I have to disagree, I find that song to be a jam

Album Rating: 3.0

I like the verses on Dark but the chorus is kind of lacking.

Album Rating: 2.0

I like the pre-chorus bit and when the outro gets heavier but that intro/verse riff is just so lame and the chorus is pretty cringe inducing.

Album Rating: 2.5

I still think Everything Belongs is a beautiful tune. The ballads are what make this record salvageable, most of the harder tunes I can take or leave.

Album Rating: 2.5

Damn xingking only a 3? Getting kinda scared to listen to this tbh. Is it really that disappointing? What’s so shitty about it? Thrice’s worst album?

Album Rating: 2.5

As someone who isn't the biggest Thrice fan my opinion probably doesn't carry a ton of weight but I'd say this is on par with Major/Minor and TBEITBN. Each of those I've rated 3.5s so if you like them there's a very good chance you'll dig this.

Album Rating: 2.0

It's possible that you will like this more than me, so I would say just go into it with an open mind and you might be pleased/surprised.

Album Rating: 4.0

Need to go back to this. Could be a 3.0 or a 4.5

Album Rating: 2.5

I really love M/M actually. My second fav Thrice after Vheissu (Beggars is 3rd). So that’s encouraging to hear.

Album Rating: 3.0

This album is really uneven. Some of the songs are great straight through, some aren't great at all, and others have moments of greatness that is then followed by kind of a wtf section or vice versa.



A lot of this is them trying to branch out a bit from the last album with varying degrees of success. Hopefully, if they decide to keep going they can gather the strong points of this one and come back hitting a lot more than missing.

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah, after two listen throughs, I’ll agree with the review and say this is the first time Thrice has disappointed me. I get the sense this won’t really grow on me either (like Thrice albums usually do), but I will be listening more to put that to the test.



It’s just that nothing jumps out at me. It’s all a little bland.

Album Rating: 2.5

It grew on me a bit. Went from a 3 to a light 3.5 only because I love the middle three and last two songs a lot. Everything else is rather boring though.

Album Rating: 2.5

God, I hate the middle of this album so much. Everything Belongs (cheesy as hell, sounds like a bad church balad), My Soul (boring as hell, goes absolutely nowhere), Branch in the River (just annoying and fails at everything it attempts to be), and of course Hold Up A Light (Thrice goes full-on butt rock).

It's such an unforgivably bad stretch of songs. Kills any chance this album has of being played in the car from start to finish uninterrupted.