V/A - TRR100: Thankful

V/A
TRR100: Thankful
Temporary Residence Ltd.
Grade: A-

Following up on 2004’s Thank You compilation from TRL (their 50th release) is the ten-track Thankful comp. Like Thank You, and unlike most comps put out by labels these days, Thankful consists of all previously unreleased songs from most of the bands TRL has signed in the past two years. And simply for that, you should pick this up. The one downside of the constraints on the bands here is that you don’t get a new song from Explosions in the Sky; but you do have their new record coming. Highlights on Thankful include Eluvium’s “Carousel,” Caroline’s “Wonderlust,” the match of Cex and Nice Nice on “Jacksonville,” the better-than-expected “Ready? Aim. Fire!” from the up-and-down By the End of Tonight, and Mono’s excellent “Since I’ve Been Waiting For You.” I suppose we are all thankful that Temporary Residence exists…