Thrice is an American rock band that formed in Irvine, California in 1998. … Read Full Bio ↴Thrice is an American rock band that formed in Irvine, California in 1998. The lineup consists of Dustin Kensrue (vocals and guitar), Teppei Teranishi (guitar, keys), Eddie Breckenridge (bass), and Riley Breckenridge (drums).
In 2000, Thrice signed with Sub City Records and released two LP's. The first, Identity Crisis (2000), only received 1.5 stars in the AMG review and little buzz. The second, The Illusion of Safety (2002), was widely acclaimed and received attention from major record labels. Even though Thrice's music has always included metal influences, The Illusion of Safety contained a heavier metalcore sound. The album was recorded in Beltsville, Maryland and the track The Beltsville Crucible reflects this.
In 2003 Thrice signed up with Island Records and released The Artist in the Ambulance, which featured more metal oriented songs while keeping true to their hardcore influences. In 2005 a DVD outlining their entire career to date was released under the title If We Could Only See Us Now. It included a CD with live tracks from the Apple Store and various b-sides.
Thrice released their fourth full-length album, Vheissu, on October 18, 2005. The album was characterized by many critics as being experimentally different, using non-traditional Thrice elements in the process. From keyboard melodies ("For Miles") to Japanese music-box undertones ("Music Box") to chain gang chant choruses ("The Earth Will Shake"), Vheissu introduced a new sound to the band's post-hardcore roots. UK producer Steve Osborne, whose past credits include many Brit-pop hits, was sought by Thrice to gain a new perspective on the songwriting process, enabling the band to expand their musical influences and produce a different album. The album garnered widespread critical acclaim and peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.
The band releasedRed Sky, an EP comprised of various b-sides as well as live recordings, shortly after Vheissu.
Thrice released the first and second volume of The Alchemy Index, a highly experimental project based on the four traditional elements (fire, water, earth, and air), on October 16th 2007. Over the summer Thrice parted ways with Island records and signed with Vagrant. The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II - Fire & Water was released on October 16, 2007, and sold 28,000 copies in its first week. The album consists of the first two volumes, Fire and Water, and features 12 songs, 6 on each disk. The third and fourth volumes, Air & Earth were released on April 15, 2008.
The "Fire" disc features the heavier post-hardcore sound traditional Thrice fans will quickly embrace, harking back to their pre-Vheissu albums. The "Water" disc, however, is comprised of ambient songs similar to those found in Vheissu, Thrice's previous album release. The "Air" disc brings a whole new element of electronic elements and delayed guitar riffs to Thrice's sound. In "Earth", much like Dustin Kensrue's solo album, "Please Come Home", Thrice introduces an indie-folk sound combining intricate piano and acoustic guitar.
Thrice's sixth studio album Beggars was released digitally through Vagrant Records in the UK on August 9, 2009 and in the US on August 11 with a physical release containing bonus material pencilled in for September 15. These dates deviate from the original proposed release date of October 13 because of a leak via Vagrant Records web player, which has meant the artwork for the album has also changed. The first single to be taken from the album is All the World Is Mad and was first made available through Guitar Hero: World Tour on July 23.
Dustin Kensrue has described the album as being "more visceral and more raw - both in the songwriting and in the overall sound. It moves with a different energy than any of our past records. It was born out of us playing together in a room, almost as a backlash to the giant headgame that was The Alchemy Index" and has been well received critically.
The seventh studio album Major/Minor came out on September 20, 2011 through Vagrant Records. Yellow Belly, Promises and a few other songs were made available for the listeners to stream online before the release date. The album received extremely positive reviews from many online websites. Alex Djaferis of Absolutepunk.net gave Major/Minor a rating of 95%. Tracks like Promises and Listen Through Me reflected a natural progression from the sound Thrice created in Beggars, which was widely appreciated by the early listeners.
Thrice decided to take a break from being a full time band on November 21, 2011. In late spring/early summer Thrice announced the 'Farewell' tour for the spring/summer of 2012 , which would be the bands final tour before going into an indefinite hiatus.
In early 2015 it was announced that the band intends to release new music and tour again. Announcements were done via the bands website http://www.thrice.net/ and social media outlets with an accompanying picture with "Thrice 2015" text.
In 2000, Thrice signed with Sub City Records and released two LP's. The first, Identity Crisis (2000), only received 1.5 stars in the AMG review and little buzz. The second, The Illusion of Safety (2002), was widely acclaimed and received attention from major record labels. Even though Thrice's music has always included metal influences, The Illusion of Safety contained a heavier metalcore sound. The album was recorded in Beltsville, Maryland and the track The Beltsville Crucible reflects this.
In 2003 Thrice signed up with Island Records and released The Artist in the Ambulance, which featured more metal oriented songs while keeping true to their hardcore influences. In 2005 a DVD outlining their entire career to date was released under the title If We Could Only See Us Now. It included a CD with live tracks from the Apple Store and various b-sides.
Thrice released their fourth full-length album, Vheissu, on October 18, 2005. The album was characterized by many critics as being experimentally different, using non-traditional Thrice elements in the process. From keyboard melodies ("For Miles") to Japanese music-box undertones ("Music Box") to chain gang chant choruses ("The Earth Will Shake"), Vheissu introduced a new sound to the band's post-hardcore roots. UK producer Steve Osborne, whose past credits include many Brit-pop hits, was sought by Thrice to gain a new perspective on the songwriting process, enabling the band to expand their musical influences and produce a different album. The album garnered widespread critical acclaim and peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.
The band releasedRed Sky, an EP comprised of various b-sides as well as live recordings, shortly after Vheissu.
Thrice released the first and second volume of The Alchemy Index, a highly experimental project based on the four traditional elements (fire, water, earth, and air), on October 16th 2007. Over the summer Thrice parted ways with Island records and signed with Vagrant. The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II - Fire & Water was released on October 16, 2007, and sold 28,000 copies in its first week. The album consists of the first two volumes, Fire and Water, and features 12 songs, 6 on each disk. The third and fourth volumes, Air & Earth were released on April 15, 2008.
The "Fire" disc features the heavier post-hardcore sound traditional Thrice fans will quickly embrace, harking back to their pre-Vheissu albums. The "Water" disc, however, is comprised of ambient songs similar to those found in Vheissu, Thrice's previous album release. The "Air" disc brings a whole new element of electronic elements and delayed guitar riffs to Thrice's sound. In "Earth", much like Dustin Kensrue's solo album, "Please Come Home", Thrice introduces an indie-folk sound combining intricate piano and acoustic guitar.
Thrice's sixth studio album Beggars was released digitally through Vagrant Records in the UK on August 9, 2009 and in the US on August 11 with a physical release containing bonus material pencilled in for September 15. These dates deviate from the original proposed release date of October 13 because of a leak via Vagrant Records web player, which has meant the artwork for the album has also changed. The first single to be taken from the album is All the World Is Mad and was first made available through Guitar Hero: World Tour on July 23.
Dustin Kensrue has described the album as being "more visceral and more raw - both in the songwriting and in the overall sound. It moves with a different energy than any of our past records. It was born out of us playing together in a room, almost as a backlash to the giant headgame that was The Alchemy Index" and has been well received critically.
The seventh studio album Major/Minor came out on September 20, 2011 through Vagrant Records. Yellow Belly, Promises and a few other songs were made available for the listeners to stream online before the release date. The album received extremely positive reviews from many online websites. Alex Djaferis of Absolutepunk.net gave Major/Minor a rating of 95%. Tracks like Promises and Listen Through Me reflected a natural progression from the sound Thrice created in Beggars, which was widely appreciated by the early listeners.
Thrice decided to take a break from being a full time band on November 21, 2011. In late spring/early summer Thrice announced the 'Farewell' tour for the spring/summer of 2012 , which would be the bands final tour before going into an indefinite hiatus.
In early 2015 it was announced that the band intends to release new music and tour again. Announcements were done via the bands website http://www.thrice.net/ and social media outlets with an accompanying picture with "Thrice 2015" text.
Scavengers
Thrice Lyrics
Overhead, are those angels or vultures?
Heavy wings and the hum of decay
They seethe and hover
Skew and smother the light of day, oh
Every word is dissonant whisper
They've got you wearing a smile like a mask
And all you're left with
Is every question you're scared to ask, oh
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
Every tether is tangled and twisted
They slowly sever your heart from the whole
Iron shackles, hungry jackals with eyes like coal, oh
Underfoot, as you steal past the gallows
Brittle branches or pieces of bone?
Feel your chest heave
Are you ready to come back home? Oh
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my hand
Come and take my hand
Heavy wings and the hum of decay
They seethe and hover
Skew and smother the light of day, oh
Every word is dissonant whisper
They've got you wearing a smile like a mask
And all you're left with
Is every question you're scared to ask, oh
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
Every tether is tangled and twisted
They slowly sever your heart from the whole
Iron shackles, hungry jackals with eyes like coal, oh
Underfoot, as you steal past the gallows
Brittle branches or pieces of bone?
Feel your chest heave
Are you ready to come back home? Oh
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my
Come and take my hand
I will find you
In the black light
Of that cold dry land
Never mind who
Held you last night
Come and take my hand
Come and take my hand
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: Dustin Kensrue, Teppei Teranishi, Eddie Breckenridge, Riley Breckenridge
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Ian DT
@Devin Michael Roberts Can you bear people's opinion or are you not mature enough for this?
Thrice started to become THE Thrice by Vheissu. Before that, sonically, they were just another 2000's post-hardcore signature sound band. Nothing especially bad, but nothing particularly praiseful or daring.
To be Everywhere is the best album in Thrice's catalog so far and Palms is the absolute worst post-Vheissu album to date for me. If you think they're similar, it's up to you. I'm not the one to govern your taste. For me, compositionwise (not talking about lyrics), Palms sounds like a weak b-side compilation and is swallowed in terms of quality by Scavengers alone.
And it's not just an opinion of mine. Palms barely received half of the praise TBEITBN has done by the critics and is not an unanimity among the fans either (not that any of these are relevant for my taste anyways).
Now you can polish your black nails.
Roni Brito
How does this band keep getting better. It makes no sense. 22 years I've been listening to these guys, and they are ever changing yet always have that core soul in their sound.
Lyrics
Overhead, are those angels or vultures?
Heavy wings and the hum of decay
They seethe and hover
Skew and smother the light of day, oh
Every word is a dissonant whisper
They've got you wearing a smile like a mask
And all you're left with
Is every question you're scared to ask, oh
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Nevermind who held you last night
Come and take my, come and take my hand
Every tether is tangled and twisted
Thеy slowly sever your heart from thе whole
Iron shackles
Hungry jackals with eyes like coal, oh
Underfoot as you steal past the gallows
Brittle branches or pieces of bone?
Feel your chest heave
Are you ready to come back home? oh
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Nevermind who held you last night
Come and take my, come and take my hand
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Nevermind who held you last night
Come and take my, come and take my hand
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Nevermind who held you last night
Come and take my, come and take my hand
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Nevermind who held you last night
Come and take my hand, come and take my hand
Steven Harder
Overhead, are those angels or vultures?
Heavy wings and the hum of decay
They seethe and hover
Skew and smother the light of day, oh
Every word is a dissonant whisper
They've got you wearing a smile like a mask
And all you're left with
Is every question you're scared to ask, oh
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Never mind who held you last night
Come and take my, come and take my hand
Every tether is tangled and twisted
Thеy slowly sever your heart from the whole
Iron shackles
Hungry jackals with eyes like coal, oh
Underfoot as you steal past the gallows
Brittle branches or pieces of bone?
Feel your chest heave
Are you ready to come back home? oh
I will find you in the black light
Of that cold, dry land
Never mind who held you last night
Come and take my, come and take my hand
Carlos Balbinot
This is a band that NEVER disappoints. Love and respect.
lyricyst2000
@Ian DT What a painfully terrible take.
HuckleB680
Stop reminding me that I'm single and always get rejected, all because I'm autistic and everyone hates me for being different.
RentallyChallenged
Obviously never listened to Palms 🤔
Ian DT
@Devin Michael Roberts Can you bear people's opinion or are you not mature enough for this?
Thrice started to become THE Thrice by Vheissu. Before that, sonically, they were just another 2000's post-hardcore signature sound band. Nothing especially bad, but nothing particularly praiseful or daring.
To be Everywhere is the best album in Thrice's catalog so far and Palms is the absolute worst post-Vheissu album to date for me. If you think they're similar, it's up to you. I'm not the one to govern your taste. For me, compositionwise (not talking about lyrics), Palms sounds like a weak b-side compilation and is swallowed in terms of quality by Scavengers alone.
And it's not just an opinion of mine. Palms barely received half of the praise TBEITBN has done by the critics and is not an unanimity among the fans either (not that any of these are relevant for my taste anyways).
Now you can polish your black nails.
Bunny Baker
Can't believe I missed this release. My husband introduced me to Thrice when we were early teens as a way to bond as friends...and Anthology ended up our first dance song at our wedding. This song is beautiful and also all around a jam. So happy Thrice still graces us with their presence today.
What The
That's awesome, I should've played a thrice song in my wedding.
HOLD the LINE
That's fucking beautiful. I also discovered them when I was young. In college. 2000.
EP/Identity Crisis
RIP youth
Mark Fisk
Dustin's voice just keeps getting better. It is somehow pure and gravelly. It is really hard to describe.
Afterglow Beats
@Mark Fisk Yeah, you can filter it live with just running the voice through an analog pedal just like distortion, delay, reverb, flanger etc etc. There's nothing wrong with that, its just like how singers use reverb. Its just a stylistic choice which I personally love especially coupled with his natural vibrato.