Album Rating: 3.5

Christ, Hold Up A Light is awful... Definitely their most generic album overall, but it's far from bad in my opinion. Some nice songs in the middle and I quite like the last 2 tracks as well. Shares a lot in common with Beggars, except Beggars is far more consistent.

Album Rating: 4.0

still enjoying this one, perhaps a 3.5 would be more fitting, but the highs are high

Album Rating: 4.0

Agreed. Blood on Blood is superb, and there are at least 4-5 other good songs. The weirdest thing about this era of Thrice for me is how bad Hold Up A Light and My Soul are, yet they had an entire EPs worth of b-sides that are arguably better than most of the songs on the LP. I still listen to a combined version of those releases:



1) Deeper Wells

2) The Grey

3) The Dark

4) A Branch in the River

5) A Better Bridge

6) Blood on Blood

7) Just Breathe

8) In This Storm

9) Stumbling West

10) Beyond the Pines



IMO that totally would've been a 4.5 release.

Album Rating: 3.5

Just Breathe is my favorite off this one.



Also, weren't they supposed to release Horizons/West a while ago? They mentioned a few years ago they would release the rest of the recorded songs.

Album Rating: 2.5

This really sounds too dry for the energy it wants to show. Sucks some life out of the tracks where they really need it.

Album Rating: 2.5

Definitely their worst album, but I do like the opener, the closer, and I think another track in between.

Album Rating: 2.5

I fear even with more energetic production this would be disappointing. But 'A Branch in the River' with The Artist in the Ambulance's production would be stellar.