Thrice - Horizons / West (October 3rd, 2025) • Page 23

Also expect him to namedrop The Alchemy Index a lot throughout (which continues to make me extremely look forward to the follow-up) and to praise Manchester Orchestra at some point

 

um...undertow.. lets gooo

 

On my first listen and Undertow is so good. I feel like they haven't mixed electronics and acoustic guitars with chunky guitar chords that way in a long while. Totally hear Vheissu/The Alchemy Index vibes on that one

 

air at the bottom is crazy, daedalus tho!

 

I mean, one song can’t save it.

 

Had you asked me three years ago, eight years ago, and twelve years ago, you'd probably receive rather varied responses. Today, recency bias playing a role I am sure, I would rank them as follows:

1. Vheissu
2. The Illusion Of Safety
3. Horizons West
4. Major/Minor
5. Water
6. Palms
7. The Artist In The Ambulance - Revisited
8. Horizons East
9. Air
10. Earth
11. Beggars
12. Fire
13. Identity Crisis
14. The Artist In The Ambulance
15. To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere

Don't get me wrong, I *love* Identity Crisis, so everything above it I think is great.

TAITA and TBEITBN, in my opinion, have NOT aged well. I think the tones and mixes on both are really not good, especially on the former. The latter also suffers from the highest concentration of their weak songs ("Blood on the Sand", "Wake Up", "Black Honey", "Death from Above", & "Whistleblower").

 

The fuck?

 

but all 6 of them are amazing! silver wings is maybe my favorite thrice song

 

Liked this record quite a bit, owe it a closer listen for sure.

 

Took til vesper light for this to really wow me. Rest is good up to that point especially undertow. But vesper light is what im talking about

 

YES. Pretty similar to me, at least top 3. But I'm ranking The Alchemy Index as one project. It's Thrice's double album, I don't care that they released it as 4 EPs over two different releases (always thought that was kinda dumb, it's OK to release a double album once in your career). Also do not care about TAITA revisited. Thrice fan since 2002.

1. Vheissu
2. Illusion of Safety
3. Horizons/West
4. Horizons/East
5. Palms
6. The Artist in the Ambulance
7. The Alchemy Index
8. Identity Crisis
9. To Be Everywhere is to be Nowhere
10. Major/Minor
11. Beggars*

*Maybe I'm the only Thrice fan who doesn't like it, but I don't like it. Move past it.

 

vesper is a wild track
even with the hype - i was not prepared

 

I thought East was their best since Beggars but I can already see this take its spot. Undertow, Holding On, The Dark Glow and Crooked Shadows are early standouts so far. Wasn't expecting something as punky as Holding On, or the Red Telephone vibes on Crooked Shadows. They weren't lying when they said this would have more energy compared to East.

The Dark Glow has that art rock grandiosity that they're so good at, could see this become one of my favorite songs out of their entire discography.

As a whole, I love how much this builds on their post-hiatus material while harkening back to Vheissu, The Alchemy Index Vol 1&2 and Beggars here and there. Couldn't be happier considering those are my favorite albums.

 

good album, IMO definitely their best since Beggars and not particularly close. won't be ranking it on Day 1 because that's ludicrous behavior.

 

Unitive/West reminds me of the more experimental tracks on A Perfect Circle's Thirteenth Step, which is amusing considering there's a part on another song that sounded a lot like Tool as well. Must be the xylophone for that one lol

 

I think I agree with this, although East is right there with West. These two are leaps and bounds above To Be Everywhere and Palms.

It's a rare band that can pull off multiple double albums in their career, and if it's fair to treat Alchemy that way I don't see why you wouldn't do the same with Horizons. It's a testament to how good these lads' creative instincts have been, for so long.

 

Yeah I'm really digging this, probably my favourite first listen since Beggars.

 

i didnt like the dark glow that much when i first heard it but its really cool, love the way the riff dances in and out of the drum pattern

 

I do not agree… like at all, but I can follow your logic

I cannot follow your logic at all lol. It’s like you put them through a random order generator or something!

 

Love that bass line in "Crooked Shadows."

 

lol

1. Vheissu
2. The Artist In The Ambulance
3. Air
4. Water
5. Fire
6. To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
7. Beggars
8. Horizons West
9. Earth
10. Horizons East
11. Palms
12. Major minor
13. The Illusion Of Safety
14. Identity Crisis

 

Finished my first play through.

I liked it. I’m very happy these guys continue to make music.

 

I've been a fan since 2000, & I don't understand so many fans loving Beggars *so much*. I like it, but not nearly as much as most of their albums.

To me, the vocal slides are too much ("All the World", "Beggars"), the guitar tones aren't as fun as those on other albums, and some songs get old quickly due to being overly repetitive ("All the World", "The Weight"). My favorite tracks are the less guitar-centered ones ("Circles", "Wood & Wire", "The Great Exchange"). The lyrical bent toward self-righteous Reformed Theology is too much for me after a while too.

 

Also, Dustin got me googling what the fuck “weft” means.

 

Definitely felt tool vibes on the bass in that one and the bridge of vesper