Thrice - Palms (September 14, 2018) Album • Page 157

So has so many good songs that sound so different. At this point considering where they were at, where they went, what the decided to try, how they experimented, how they redifined, how they put a exclaimation point on it, how they came back strong, how they confirmed it, it think we should all feel lucky. There is a version of Thrice for anyone to love, but it’s the same four guys, and besides Identity Crisis, I listen to it all a lot.

New record has so many “I didn’t expect that” moments. Finally, a female guest vocalist since it didn’t work out for Red Sky, new instruments appear I believe, using gang vocals contributed by fans. Just so many cool little things to discover. Plus Dustin’s lyrics are always fantastic.

 

I'm Agnostic and none of Thrice's religious lyrics bother me at all. Generally religion in lyrics, like religion in general, doesn't upset or offend me unless it's actively shaming me for not believing in it.

 

This is where I fall as well. As long as it’s not shaming or harming anyone I’m cool with it. That said I don’t listen to worship music but I’m totally cool with songs being about God or religious topics. There’s a distinction.

 

Palms is among my top 5 records of 2018, which is a lot more I can say about TBEITBN in 2016.

My top 10 albums of 2018

1. Sen Morimoto (highly subject to change since I've only listened to it once)

(Tied) 2. Melody's Echo Chamber, Blood Orange

3. Thrice

4. Ben Khan

5. The Hippy Was A Gypsy

6. CIFIKA

7. Mid-Air Thief

8. Janelle Monae

9. Pusha T

10. Covet

 

Anyway I’m loving this record. Just Breathe->Everything Belongs->My Soul is one hell of a three song run.

 

I wouldn’t call the lyrics on m/m preachy. I’d call them lazy and cliche. You can see how he’s written about faith on every album before m/m. I think there’s a severe drop in quality in how he wrote about faith there. It started feeling clunky and unoriginal. And took up more real estate on the album than ever before.

 

I’m an atheist but faith is something I grew up around and have struggled with and every now and then do give some thought to even though there’s a 0% chance I’ll ever be a firm believer it’s not like I’ve never grappled with the idea. So songs about faith can hit hard if they’re interesting and have a unique perspective

 

Your generalization didn’t really fit with what you were using it to support. It’s hard to understand someone’s view when it’s not factually true.

You can prefer whatever albums you want. But it’s weird to get defensive when the reason you give just isn’t true or make sense.

 

I didn’t realize this until like 20 minutes ago, but My Soul is honestly a super sexy track. That bass line in the verse has such a good groove to it and just makes me wanna hump furniture or somethin

 

It’s the sexy Thrice song that no one knew we needed

 

It’s kind of a perfect song I think

 

This album reminds me of Anberlin’s Dark is a Way album. There’s something about the mood, generally more stripped down lyrics and song structures.

I could be off base but just something that occurred to me on ky first few listens.

 

It's not the subject matter that's the issue, it's the presentation. I've always felt his earlier work could be interpreted in any number of ways, but I never got that feeling on M/m. I not sure I could even pin point exactly why it makes me feel this way, but it's very palpable.

 

*me getting caught up on Thrice thread*

Oh sweet! We’re talking about faith now!

Oh.

 

I think The Melting Point of Wax and Daedalus are perfect examples of how you can use theological stories to paint a vivid picture. Granted it's Greek mythology and not Christianity. Icarus is about a young person growing up and finding their own way in life. Daedalus on the other hand is about the devastating loss of a child. Both songs uses a mythological story but it really has no bearing of the overall message of the songs.

 

Even though I love the song, I think Hold Up a Light could be a little shorter. The song could end before the last chorus at "try to raise your lamp a little higher", but then I understand wanting to end the song aggressively.

Like others have said, I think the fan chorus could have been repeated one more time at the end of The Dark.

Also, I always feel a little cheated every time Beyond the Pines basically ends with 1:20 to go. Still a really beautiful song.

 

Less blatantly Christian lyrics aside, I do feel like the last couple albums have been a bit more lacking in the lyrics department. Vheissu through Beggars feels like some of Dustin’s prime lyrical work to me. I did very much resonate with the more overtly biblical stuff, and I’m slightly bummed that I can’t resonate as much to the newer lyrics, but I also think some of his earlier stuff is more poetic. Like, comparing something like the end of “Like Moths to Flame” to the lyrics on TBEiTBN and Palms it’s not even close for me.

One thing I’ve really appreciated about Aaron Weiss is his lyrics have continued to hook me and influence my own writing style even as he’s moved into more ambiguous, unsure territory. Dustin’s lyrics are still great, and there’s some gorgeous stuff on Palms, but there was a time when I would have put him up there with Aaron.

 

I’m hearing “Paint it Black” on the verses of “Blood on Blood”. The melody, with that guitar.

 

hey the opener on this is pretty sick! didn't expect that tbh although Hurricane was probably my favorite from the last one (which I liked a decent amount but never really went back to). I'm only really a big fan of Beggars but I usually like whatever they put out for a little bit

 

i think the only thing that bums me out about this album is i don't like "the dark" very much

 

first listen with my "monitor" headphones.

 

"my soul" is like a late-period talk talk song edited down to three minutes

 

Bad dog, don’t make me get the spray bottle.


But yeah the upright bass really makes the track.

 

i know they're gonna do whatever they want forever but i'd love a thrice record that was completely in the wandering mode of "my soul," "blood on blood," and "beyond the pines"

 

Quality lyrics are not determined by whether you connect with them or not. Dustin is still as poetic as he's ever been.