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it's definitely true

 

damn the other two shows only got 14 and 15 song sets as opposed to our 16. so weird

 

I’m 27 and also consider myself around for Thursday’s peak. As for the younger fans, my only hesitation with that theory is it seems like similar bands which have received backlash for not rewriting their old stuff still seem to be doing better (i.e. TBS), though I guess since their peak was so much higher they’re more likely to have people stick around?

 

TBS also musically leans more towards stuff that is more popular now. like people who like neck deep and pup and stuff could like TBS, but what fanbase would like thursday these days?

 

Honestly I have no idea I haven't listened to TBS in like ten years so I have no idea what they sound like now but I remember them being a bit more mainstream and palatable than Thursday so it could be that element too. Like you said they were bigger and had more fans to retain also

 

That’s certainly true, though I think it’s a trend that’s existed even during Thursday’s career. When i saw em tour together a lot of Thursday diehards left (though they were negligible compared to the overall crowd) after their set and the crowd for TBS was a lot younger. I guess i overestimate how much overlap their fans have, even in 2011. I would’ve hoped pretty much any scene kid in a 100 mile radius would’ve killed to see that show.

 

I think the Touché overlap made a lot of sense earlier this year. A lot of those kids seemed to be into both compared to those who just came for Basement. I think The Hotelier made a lot of sense too but the crowd at last year’s show didn’t know them.

 

there really isn't much popular accessible post hardcore these days

 

I remember seeing Thursday support TBS maybe about 10 years ago and being super pissed Thursday got a pathetic 6 song set and then I just passive aggressively stood at the back with my arms folded for TBS, refusing to enjoy it out of spite lol

 

I know TBS catches a lot of flack around here but I’d suggest you give Happiness Is... and Tidal Wave a shot. They’re both really good TBS records and far better than their initial reunion album and New Again. They also sounds nothing like their first 3 albums.

 

I saw Thursday open for TBS in 2011 but wasn’t big on their set for that. I believe they played 10 or 11 songs.

 

stoked for tonight.

 

Holy hell, did that crowd have some inconsiderate assholes in it. Them aside, great (US) show to go out on. Little iffy with WATT being the closer, but eh. As sentiments were echoed earlier in this thread, it's clear that the fan base isn't there anymore for newer material.

 

damn show last night added no answers as a third ND song and this side of brightness as well

 

Hi Matt!

 

I was standing at the back bar for a little while, and it was so fucking loud with people talking through Thursday's set. I have no idea why any of these people were even there.

 

"Can you find it in the marathon?
The more you take the more you leave."

ow what would we do without thursday

 

I love new podcast episodes with Geoff

How Geoff Rickly bummed out My Chem—and vice versa - News - Alternative Press

 

I'm glad he realizes now that MCR and Thursday should have very different metrics for 'success', haha

 

I've spent a long time away from this band.. but I feel myself coming back in

 

Why the distance?

 

I binged them hard for like 2-3 months straight at the beginning of 2017 and needed a break ha.

 

I'm sharing some misheard lyrics I sang for quite some time (and, on occasion, still do) because this thread needs a bump.

A Darker Forest was, in my imagination, just as foreboding and freezing as the night described in Fast to the End. That song sets a specifically colder (literally, fahrenheit) tone for the album to weave through, and the uncomfortable temperature is referenced several times throughout the record. "I caught a deep chill when I went over the Hudson again." So, with that being said, this line...

"What if every path you take
Starts to look the same
And leads equally astray?"

I heard as...

"What if every breath you take
Starts to look the same
And feels equally as strange?

...and assumed that he was describing the frost that escapes your mouth during a very cold, dark night, and an anxiety from having spent too much time alone in it. The context still fit the narrative, and for probably like 3 years they were sung in the car wrong. The darker forest is metaphorical in song, but the imagery of standing in one, watching your icy breath escape over and over again, stuck.

 

that interview/podcast above was real cool. Geoff is really really honest about everything and i respect that so much. i think this is probably the most candidly hes ever spoken about MCRs rise, ive always wondered if he ever resented the band even slightly and it turns out that yeah, he definitely did for a little bit but now hes very proud of his band, MCR, TBS, FOB, and some of the other up in coming bands that made it big back then while also being proud of Thursdays cult status and their pioneering in the scene.

 

they’re announcing a West coast tour tomorrow