I have to disagree. The harmonic vocabulary of their other albums have Always been significantly different than those "generic" rock bands.
I don't necessarily think that "radio rock" implies generic. There is plenty of generic radio rock, and good radio rock. I don't listen to the radio, and haven't in several years, probably more than a decade, so I don't necessarily know what "radio rock" really is these days.
Radio rock these days is like Mumford and Sons/The Lumineers/Florence if the one alt channel in Knoxville is anything to go by.
And has also been right in line with what people consider radio rock. They can, and do, dabble in a variety of places with their music. It's ok. "TAITA" and "All That's Left" used to come on right after 30 Seconds to Mars and Filter songs and I'm the only one that remembers when they were literally played on radio rock stations. (Which isn't happening anymore.)
Yep. It being used as a negative thing is dumb. Good bands are on the radio all the time. A lot of them on "rock stations."
Agreed completely, as someone who listens closely to the harmonic choices, I feel Thrices progessions have always been a part of their unique sound. I've only heard Blood on the Sand so far and I could see a plethora of bands using the same chords. Still love that track. I'd say O'brother is the band I feel like uses a lot of similar harmonic minor progessions that give them a similar sound at times
I wasn't aware half of these artists are still making music. I'm not aware of who most of everyone else actually is, either. And is that Chris Cornell covering Sinead O'Connor? Because wow.
my favorite thrice tracks are the ones heavily supplemented by other stylings or even completely sans the alt rock attributes around the time of alchemy and beggars. so Im not a normal thrice fan. I hope I dont offend anyone when I say I dont like the style alot of the time (In Utero and Daisy are albums that have made an impact on me) and I definitely dont mean to apply a negative connotation to something just because it could be played on the radio because that is getting annoying. tons of taita should have been all over the radio if it wasnt
It's been awhile since I've listened to Thrice so I've been spinning their discog lately, holy shit I forgot how good In Exile is.
I don't see anything wrong with Thrice being played on the radio. You can definitely tell they've always had alternative rock leanings dating as far back as TAITA. I'm not particularly drawn by Blood On The Sand, but I don't think it's bad either. I only mention that song because I mentioned earlier today in this thread that I thought it was their most radio-ready song possibly ever. Even though I'm not on board with the song quite yet I'd be all about it if I heard it on the radio. I definitely don't have anything against alternative rock/radio rock/whatever music. My one friend compared Blood On The Sand to Nickelback, which I'm not sure I would agree with, but just because the song (or any song on this album) might have potential for radio airplay does not mean it automatically makes it bad. Baroness was just mentioned and I think they're a great example. I felt like Shock Me had potential to be played on my local rock/hard rock station. I don't think that automatically makes Purple a bad album. In fact, good for any band I like that gets radio airplay. I'd love to hear Thrice on my local alt station instead of Twenty One Pilots once or twice an hour. Also, this post is not geared towards anyone specific, just general thoughts after disappearing from this site for the last six hours to type a paper I finally finished.