Thrice
Horizons / West
60--80点相当
ポストハードコア・カルテット
90年代後半にカリフォルニア州アーバインで結成
26年間のキャリア
12th
ギタリストの人は、
アメリカ生まれのアメリカ育ちだが純粋の日本人
寺西哲平
When 'Gnash' first graced my ears more than two months prior to Horizons/West's release, I could barely contain my excitement. The aggressive vocals, the reverb-drenched guitars, and the sheer grittiness of those electronic grooves had me in a nostalgic free fall to 2007's The Alchemy Index – my first ever experience with Thrice. With the Fire EP serving as my introduction to the band – shortly followed by a mad dash to the record store that very same week to purchase Vheissu – heavy Thrice is ingrained in my memory as perhaps the most important aspect of the band's identity. For as solid as Thrice's post-Major/Minor career has been, the one thing that's been noticeably missing since that comeback is these types of songs: the ones that raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Thrice are capable of impressing in plenty of other ways, particularly their hook-laced melodies and Dustin Kensrue's penchant for life changing lyrics, but hearing the entire band simply burn it all to the ground on 'Gnash' felt soul-cleansing. It was like hearing Thrice for the first time again.
While Horizons/West's median tempo is a far cry from what 'Gnash' led with, the feeling I get from it is the same. This is the best Thrice release since at least To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere not because it stretches the band's style in any new direction, but because it executes their core sound better than they have in a very long time.