Thursday/Envy
Split LP
Temporary Residence Ltd
Grade: A-
An idea generated by Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly and Envy fan, this split LP matches up the punk band Thursday with the intense, emotional epic punk of Japan’s Envy. If nothing else, it is good that Thursday is getting back to what they seem truly interested in doing and not navigating record label b.s. The four Thursday offerings span a wide range of sounds from the opening rocker “As He Climbed the Dark Mountain” to the epic instrumental “In Silence,” it sounds as if Thursday could successful pursue several different musical tracks. (Maybe Thursday would want to do some epic instrumentals for TRL?) Envy offers three songs that fit their past work – slow building soundscape elements with Japanese spoken on top before an explosion of intensity and noise. In the back-and-forth of emotions look to “An Umbrella Fallen Into Fiction” and “Pure Birth and Loneliness” to knock you on your ass. This is a find for many.
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