107-547: Red Sky may refer to: Red Sky (EP) , an EP by Thrice " Red Skies ", a song by the Fixx from Shuttered Room "Red Sky" (song) , a song by Status Quo from In the Army Now Red Sky (2011 film) , a 2011 Greek film Red Sky (2014 film) , an action film directed by Mario Van Peebles "Red Sky" ( Stargate SG-1 ) , an episode of Stargate SG-1 Red Sky Music Festival ,
214-458: A Casio , which he had since he was two years old, giving it the working title "Casio". For the track, Riley Breckenridge said he employed a method that Dave Grohl had done with his bands Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age where he would play the drum kit without hitting the cymbals . Breckenridge would strictly play the kick and snare , while cymbals were then latter overdubbed; this
321-563: A Red Sky EP was released. It features two outtakes from the sessions ("Flags of Dawn" and "The Weight of Glory") and live versions of other tracks. Following this, the band appeared at the Groezrock and Give it a Name festivals, before embarking a tour of Europe in May 2006 with the Valley Arena. During this, a live video of the band performing "The Earth Will Shake" was posted online. Vheissu
428-401: A DVD/CD compilation album and live album . featuring demos, unreleased songs, footage of live performances, and a documentary about the band. The album was released on October 30, 2007, by their former label Victory Records. Thursday announced on April 2, 2008, via a MySpace bulletin and their official website, a new split album with Japanese post-hardcore band Envy . The band debuted
535-511: A March 2009 interview, Rickly explained the album's title refers to humanity's shared experience, and that many of the songs were influenced by the words of his favorite poets and authors: "Almost every song on the record is connected to a different writer. The first song, "Resuscitation of a Dead Man" is influenced by Denis Johnson 's Resuscitation of a Hanged Man . Another song is based on a book [ Martin Amis '] Time's Arrow . The whole record also has
642-787: A band that we've admired since before we were a band," the band said. Further shows followed in Eindhoven, Netherlands , and two UK shows at London's Electric Ballroom , with Full Collapse played on the first night and War All the Time played on the second, which took place in December 2019. The band also opened for the reunited My Chemical Romance at Los Angeles' The Shrine on December 20. In June 2020, Thursday announced that their first show in nearly two years would take place at Riot Fest in September 2021. The band reunited without Everding, reverting to
749-439: A cappella chain gang chant. The group used the upstairs living area of the recording studio, by stomping on the floor and yelling, to recreate the chants. They based it off field recordings of chain gang chants from the 1930s; for the band's chant, they did it twice and layered it, removing the high and low frequencies to give it an old sound. The track sees the group playing with different time signatures , reminiscent to
856-442: A darker iteration of Oceansize and tonality of " Big Riff " by Cave In . It tackles the theme of prison inmates yearning for a jailbreak; it drew influence from poetry by C.S. Lewis and the field recordings of musicologist Alan Lomax . "Atlantic" begins with the sound of a Rhodes piano, played by Kensrue and Teranishi, with Kensrue crooning over a soft electronic beat, which is done by Teranishi and Breckenridge (the former on
963-418: A fake news feed that appeared to be real and teenagers being weapon targets. Thursday toured extensively to support War All the Time , featuring dates with acts such as AFI , Thrice , and Coheed and Cambria . On these tours, Thursday performed many in-store acoustic sessions at various Tower Records stores and other record stores. The band also recorded a live acoustic session for Y100 Sonic Sessions,
1070-553: A guest on their North American tour for seven shows. On their last night opening, Thursday performed "Jet Black New Year" with Gerard Way , who features on the original song. Rickly then performed "This Is the Best Day Ever" with My Chemical Romance, a song he featured on. On April 12, 2024, the band released their first new song in 13 years, "Application for Release From the Dream", and revealed plans to record and release more music in
1177-415: A heavy track in the vein of Isis. It featured synthesizer parts from both Eddie and Riley Breckenridge. Teranishi also incorporated the music box in "Of Dust and Nations", which also saw him add synthesizer, alongside Eddie Breckenridge's bass synthesizer. On "Stand and Feel Your Worth", Kensrue's vocal was compared to Further Seems Forever frontman Jason Gleason. It saw Teranishi incorporate Rhodes organ,
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#17328558751821284-462: A lot of themes from Roberto Bolano , a poet who wrote The Savage Detectives and a few other things. The song "Circuits of Fever" is very influenced by [writer] David Foster Wallace ." Cormac McCarthy has also influenced Rickly. Thursday headlined the 2009 Taste of Chaos Tour with support from Bring Me the Horizon , Four Year Strong , Pierce The Veil , Cancer Bats and a local act. The band
1391-578: A music festival in Omaha, Nebraska, USA "Red Sky", a song on the 1995 Pat Metheny Group album We Live Here "Red Sky", an episode of V Red Skies , a novel by Jenny Oldfield Red Sky (Ralph McTell album) , 2000 Red Sky (Moon Hooch album) , 2016 Red Sky (Hunter Hayes album) , 2023 See also [ edit ] Red Skye Comics , an American comic book line Diffuse sky radiation Red sky at morning (disambiguation) Red sky at night (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
1498-562: A non-profit, a band that only records sporadically, a collection of other projects… Underneath it all, the personal circumstances involved make it impossible to continue Thursday in the spirit that has made it special. So, we stop. For now, at least. The band's final show took place on March 5, 2012, at the Soundwave festival in Perth , Australia. In January 2013, Geoff Rickly stated during an interview that Thursday had in fact disbanded, and that
1605-560: A private show they performed on May 3, 2007, in New York City , long-time friend and artist manager, David "Rev" Ciancio proposed to his fiancée on stage. Thursday also held a performance on May 5 at The Bamboozle under the fake name Bearfort. Thursday cancelled all tour plans until their fall tour with Circle Takes the Square and Portugal. The Man in support of Kill the House Lights ,
1712-752: A radio program on the now defunct Philadelphia -based radio station, Y100 . The live acoustic version of single "Signals Over the Air" was used on Y100 Sonic Sessions Volume 8. The band released two EPs: the first was Live from the SoHo & Santa Monica Stores Split EP and sold exclusively on iTunes , and the second was a promotion found in Revolver , called the Live in Detroit EP . The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2004, citing label pressure, extensive touring, and health problems as
1819-610: A similar sentiment, calling it their "most ambitious" release, as the band "pushed themselves that extra mile down the path to create something special, something people will remember, and this record perfectly illustrates that". AbsolutePunk founder Jason Tate said it was "so big, so monstrous, and so gigantic – that it makes my words and my descriptions or feelings so dwarfed by comparison", sharing resemblance to Clarity (1999) by Jimmy Eat World and Deja Entendu (2003) by Brand New . Sputnikmusic staff writer Tyler Fisher said its "complexity and denseness all prove that Thrice has
1926-416: A situation that we would regret". The group was unsure what they meant, but thought things would turn out fine due to their contract with the label. They initially thought that part of the contract meant they could sign with a different label they wanted to. However, they realized the deal had stated they could only leave Victory if it was to join a major label, which they thought was "a far-fetched idea to say
2033-594: A song from the album live during their show in Poughkeepsie on April 24, 2008, and the album, Thursday / Envy , was released on Temporary Residence Limited on November 4, 2008. The band announced on September 30, 2008, that they had signed with Epitaph Records , regarding their new label the band stated: "It's a great feeling to have a label encourage you to be more socially conscious and politically active." Thursday released their fifth full-length album, Common Existence , on February 17, 2009, on Epitaph Records. In
2140-563: A synthesizer, and programming, which was also done by Riley Breckenridge. Kensrue said "Red Sky" was about how people deal with issues, "but in the end things are redeemed and there's a resolution". It is driven by piano, which is played by Teranishi, and drums during the verses, with delayed guitar parts and programming by Osborne. I think a key to who we see ourselves as is names; both given and those we give ourselves, both domestic and other worldly. The ways in which we define ourselves and ultimately live are, I think, heavily influenced by
2247-498: A synthesizer; the latter on a bass synthesizer). The chorus incorporates acoustic guitar, synthesizers and a glockenspiel. The track is the only one on the release not to feature Teranishi playing any guitar. "For Miles" starts with a piano part played by Teranishi and Kensrue singing, which drew influence from Miles Davis . Programming by Teranishi is heard as it transitions into a post-hardcore number with progressive elements. A portion of "Hold Fast Hope" makes reference to
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#17328558751822354-475: Is a vital component to what we loved about being in Thursday and we're happy to say that we'll be playing this show as the same line-up that began touring together on Full Collapse and jointly worked on every record since." Thursday had no intentions to reunite before this and only agreed to perform only two days before publicly announcing their reunion, making the decision because of the festival's strong lineup and
2461-528: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red Sky (EP) Vheissu (pronounced "vee-sue") is the fourth studio album by American rock band Thrice . Released on October 18, 2005, through Island Records, the album spawned one charting single, "Image of the Invisible", which peaked at No. 24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. Vheissu has received favorable reviews from music critics. Following
2568-443: Is the ways in which we define ourselves", explaining that "Wie heisst du?" translated to "What is your name?" A special edition, limited to 75,000 copies, was also released containing a booklet detailing the creation process of each track, and a gold-colored cover. Riley Breckenridge explained how they were fans of jazz albums, which would have liner notes describing the writing and recording of them, and wanted to emulate that for
2675-710: The Billboard 200 chart, selling 46,000 copies in its first week. It also charted at number 17 on the Digital Albums chart. Outside of the US, it charted at number 119 in the UK. By July 2006, it had sold 197,000 copies in the US. "Image of the Invisible" charted at number 24 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Sputnikmusic listed it at number 28 on their list of the Top 100 Albums of the 2000s. It
2782-521: The Full Collapse and War All the Time -era line-up. Between August 2020 and April 2021, the band shared three virtual performances entitled Signals . The first performance (V1) featured guest guitarist Frank Iero , and largely consisted of stripped-back versions of the band's songs. The second (V2) was a commemorative holiday show, with guests including Iero, Jim Ward , Walter Schriefels and Bartees Strange . The third and final performance (V3) saw
2889-965: The Two Thousand Trees Festival in the UK later in 2020; however, this was pushed back to 2021 and eventually 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . All music by Thrice. All lyrics by Dustin Kensrue. Personnel per booklet. Thrice Additional musicians Production and design Citations Sources Thursday (band) Thursday is an American post-hardcore band formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey , in 1997. The band consists of Geoff Rickly (lead vocals), Tom Keeley (lead guitar, backing vocals), Steve Pedulla (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Tim Payne (bass), and Tucker Rule (drums). The band's debut album Waiting (1999) featured original guitarist Bill Henderson, who left in 2000 and
2996-419: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led many critics to believe it was a political album; however, Rickly has denied this on many accounts, instead claiming that he is speaking about love being a war . The album spawned two singles: " Signals Over the Air " and "War All the Time", though the latter received considerably less attention due to MTV banning the video for controversial material involving
3103-628: The Ambulance , told the band to start writing as soon as they had finished recording that album. The band told the label that they felt rushed making it, and needed more time to write for its follow-up. Following the break, the group spent eight-to-nine months in a home studio that they had built at Teranishi's house. A lot of the demos they had recorded were melodic, piano-focused songs, a change from their earlier hardcore punk / metal -influenced material. The band were aware they were coming up with slower-tempo material, but were oblivious as to how slow until
3210-517: The Bible story of Jonah ; it includes a Moog synthesizer part played by Osbourne. While on tour in Japan, Teranishi bought a music box . He subsequently wrote the song "Music Box" based on musical notes made by the box, which can be heard throughout it. He added a Rhodes piano, Hammond organ and synthesizer alongside it. "Like Moths to Flame" opens with a piano intro played by Teranish, before shifting into
3317-679: The Day and Poison the Well . The band recorded demos to hand out at shows, and in the summer of 1999, teamed up with MP3.com for their first official release, the 1999 Summer Tour EP , which featured demos of songs that would soon be found on their debut album, Waiting . The album was released on December 6, 1999, on northern New Jersey–based Eyeball Records without any singles or support from television or radio. In 2001, Thursday signed to independent label Victory Records . After signing, they were warned by their friends that they had "gotten ourselves into
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3424-551: The Light Divided , on May 2, 2006, on Island Records in the US and Hassle Records in the United Kingdom . The album was produced by Dave Fridmann , becoming Thursday's first full-length album not produced by Sal Villanueva . The title was created by Geoff Rickly by combining two lines from the poem Sunstone by Octavio Paz . The album was available for preview on the band's MySpace page on April 18, 2006, two weeks before it
3531-578: The Time , on September 16, 2003, to critical acclaim and strong commercial performance. War All the Time was the first release to feature Andrew Everding on keyboards, though he would not become an official member of the band until December 2004, when he was officially welcomed into the band at a Christmas holiday show held at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey . The album's title, coupled with it being released approximately two years after
3638-439: The album's "real earnestness" was its music: "Insular and meticulously layered, it switches restlessly between gauzy piano figures and righteous, full-bore post-hardcore". Though added that the band's "ambition borders on self-indulgence. In Vheissu's most opaque moments you wonder, is this for everyone, or just the converted, those kids standing next to their stereos in salute?" Jason Adams of Entertainment Weekly similarly felt
3745-533: The album's artwork gave him the false impression that the listener is "about to embark on a mellow, quasi-psychedelic journey when in fact it's a little more of the same old Thrice". God Is in the TV writer Mike Mantin complimented the "talented musicianship on display here", "[b]ut even with a couple of good parts, it comes together to form a faceless whole, the loud bits sounding like every other band in most genres that ends in 'core ' ". Vheissu debuted at number 15 on
3852-563: The album's release with performances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the United Kingdom and a supporting slot for Rancid and Alkaline Trio on their mainland European tour. Thrice toured the UK and went on a North American tour with Thursday and Coheed and Cambria . Vocalist and guitarist Dustin Kensrue said the band were aiming to move away from their roots musically with their next release, stating that guitarist Teppei Teranishi
3959-509: The album. It can also be seen faded in the background of the cover for Kill the House Lights . Additionally, Shepard Fairey (creator of Obey ) created artwork for the band with a new dove logo, which has been used on other works by Fairey. Thursday's musical style has been described as post-hardcore , emo , and screamo . The band has rejected those labels in the past; guitarist Pedulla has stated that they have "always described ourselves as melodic hardcore ." Early on, Thursday
4066-540: The article whether they were breaking up or on an indefinite hiatus. The following is excerpted from the article: Despite the fantastic year that the band has enjoyed, creatively, things haven't been as easy for us on a personal level. Without diving into detail, it's fair to say that this year has been an endless series of personal difficulties. We haven't had any falling out and are all still close. I'm sure that we will continue to create, in some capacity, together. We've talked about turning Thursday into something else:
4173-416: The band "just to say hello, or to ask how record sales at shows were going." The group were disappointed that his positivity "wasn't there from the beginning. ... Instead of Tony's relationship with us being based on a love for music, it was based entirely on numbers." The band's new-found popularity and disgust with the label led to internal problems, which almost led the band to disband. The situation caused
4280-440: The band announced in May 2019 a German show at Cologne 's Family First Festival. "It seemed impossible that we would all be available at the same time to play shows again, especially in any sustained way. But when our old friends in boysetsfire asked us to play this festival with them, we saw that we had a rare opportunity to accomplish two things at once: visit a country that's always been kind to Thursday and play, once more, with
4387-419: The band has finally reconciled their tribulations with varied tones". Alternative Press editor Scott Heisel referred to it as Thrice's "most challenging effort yet, with them showing they can 'be aggressive without being empty-headed ('Image Of The Invisible'), deep without relying on cliches ('Hold Fast Hope') and heartfelt without being 'emo' ('Atlantic')". Punknews.org staff writer Jordan Rogowski offered
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4494-479: The band performing Full Collapse and No Devolución in their entirety. In June 2021, the band shared a cover of Bruce Springsteen 's " Dancing in the Dark " as part of an ongoing series of covers headed by the creative collective Two Minutes To Late Night. They also played a series of live shows that same month throughout the east coast and midwest of the US, with Taking Back Sunday and Piebald . In October 2021,
4601-402: The band released four podcasts with samples of songs as well as interviews on the album. A music video was released for "Image of the Invisible" on October 13, 2005. It was directed by Jay Martin and filmed in early September 2005. The video's treatment was the result of collaboration between Kensrue and My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way . Kensrue said he wanted the video to match
4708-416: The band took "themselves a bit too seriously [...] but their high-minded rock has plenty for even the goofiest of us to appreciate". The A.V. Club 's Kyle Ryan said it continued the "pummeling, guitar-drenched punk aggression, and melodic poppiness" of their previous two albums, "[c]onsidering the current musical climate, it'd make sense for Thrice to continue on that path". Spencer D. of IGN said
4815-489: The band were featured in Dan Ozzi's book Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, And Hardcore 1994–2007 . A chapter on War All the Time was included in the book, as well as a photo of the band performing live serving as the book's cover. In July 2022, the band headlined Philadelphia's This is Hardcore Fest, playing Full Collapse in its entirety. In September 2022, the band joined My Chemical Romance as
4922-494: The band's previous two albums, as well as with Strike Anywhere on their releases, McTernan had an idea of how the band should sound. Kensrue said they wanted someone who lacked a formula when producing heavier rock music. In addition, eight of the 20 songs had been incorporated into the group's live shows. Stop-gap release If We Could Only See Us Now , which featured outtakes and live recordings, appeared in March 2005. Breckenridge
5029-445: The band, responded that Victory "was a big company and that they didn't have time to run everything by the band." On several occasions, the group attempted to have better communication with the label in regards to promotion. On one occasion, Brummel informed them they were not living up to his expectations. Sometime afterward, the group was touring with Saves the Day . Brummel became more positive in his interactions, frequently calling
5136-505: The band. Recording took place with Osborne at Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York , between April 18 and June 20, 2005. Breckenridge said that the studio was "so secluded and so cut off from everything ... and it was really cool" to have a break from the distractions of their home lives. Breckenridge said the recording process was about "getting a collective feel" of the group and retaining their "live energy". According to Kensrue,
5243-555: The beat" in the song. The track is led by gang vocal , in the style of Comeback Kid , which are heard throughout it. Though the track continued to the sound of The Artist in the Ambulance , it was compared to an Ian MacKaye -fronted Linkin Park . "Between the End and Where We Lie" sees Kensrue toy with programming, Teranishi with a Rhodes piano and Eddie Breckenridge with a synthesizer. The song grew out of keyboard parts that Kensrue wrote on
5350-613: The best of terms. This time, we get to put down touring on the very highest of notes: in each other's lives and able to pick up and play together behind closed doors whenever we want. If we are ever able to do Thursday again, it will be a new, separate chapter. Thank you all for your time, attention and friendship." The band's planned final show took place on March 17, 2019, at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn , New York. However, Thursday did not play any international shows during this reunion, and due to mounting pressure from their international fanbase,
5457-399: The book) which could serve to inform aspects of the artwork". The German phrase "Wie heisst du?" and English phrases are included on the cover; Eddie Breckenridge said they combined phrases from different languages so they could be read as "one possible meaning of the word 'Vheissu ' ". Kensrue thought the phrases were "appropriate since one of the themes developing in my lyrics for the record
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#17328558751825564-457: The city. The songs were then mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles. Vheissu is a song cycle revolving around the themes of optimism and hope, despite continuous darkness. During early discussions for the album, the members were talking about potential concepts, eventually arriving on the subject of the ocean. Eddie Breckenridge thought it was appropriate as
5671-441: The cover art for War All the Time in 2003, appearing on the artwork for all of Thursday's album and single artwork until 2011, where it was notably absent on the cover art for their sixth and final album No Devolución . The band also used a second logo, a red bullseye with a small chevron below it. This logo first appeared on the cover art for A City by the Light Divided in 2006, and featured on merchandise related to
5778-555: The creation of the Five Stories Falling EP , a release the band used to fulfill contractual obligations with Victory Records. At live shows, the band routinely told fans not to purchase the EP , but instead to download "Jet Black New Year", the only new studio recording found on the EP, with the rest consisting of live performances of four Full Collapse songs. While all the interactions with
5885-420: The dynamic between a really mellow part and a really heavy part." For some of the programmed sections, the band had Breckenridge re-work and edit them into loops , which Kensure said would make them "not as stale" sounding. Despite the album's heavy sound, the members no longer listened to music in that vein. They dove deeply into the final two albums from Talk Talk , and a substantial amount of Radiohead. Over
5992-637: The five years since disbanding and they were "just finally mending some fences and healing some old wounds." Thursday's former booking agent began encouraging them to reunite the band with the freedom to do whatever they wanted and without the pressure of having to write a new album. Two months later, Thursday announced a reunion at Atlanta 's Wrecking Ball festival in August 2016. Rickly said: "Five years ago, we found it necessary to end Thursday for reasons beyond our control. Earlier this year, we were able to reconcile all of our differences and spend time together. This
6099-467: The future. Thursday used a dove logo which is featured on much of the band's artwork and merchandise. The dove is believed to have been conceived by guitarist Tom Keeley on a tour bus sometime before Full Collapse was recorded. Lyrics from the song " Cross Out the Eyes " on the album reference a dove twice, but it is unknown if these lyrics were inspired by the dove art or vice versa. The logo debuted on
6206-403: The group hoped Osborne's "strength with mellower stuff" would aid them "explore that side of our music a little more." The band had ideas for the atmospheric sound they wanted, which Osborne helped achieve. He knew how to get this sound using vintage pedals and tape delay machines. Breckenridge said Osborne's approach was focused on rhythm and subdued grooves . The group took a brief break from
6313-446: The group went on headlining North American with support from Underoath , the Bled and Veda . Originally planned for release on September 27, 2005, Vheissu was eventually released on October 18, 2005, through Island Records. The delay was due to the band being unable to mix the recordings while on tour, resulting in them finishing their Warped Tour dates and entering a studio to finish
6420-456: The group went on the Plea for Peace Tour, and were planning to work on their next album following its conclusion. They said they had accumulated a lot of ideas but were unable to work on them due to touring. In mid-November, the group began writing new material. After an entire writing and recording process that took only six months, the band issued their third album and major label debut, War All
6527-531: The group's next two albums. Rickly said as a result of the deal, Victory Records received $ 1,200,000, which meant the band would be "[paying off] that bill for as long as we were on the new label." In addition, their next two albums were required to feature the Victory logo. With expectation building for their follow-up album, Rickly wanted their next album to be "really aggressive and progressive ... and have all these boundary pushing ideas". In September and October,
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#17328558751826634-479: The group's two previous albums. Their sixth album and second release for Epitaph Records, No Devolución , was released on April 12, 2011. Vocalist Geoff Rickly commented on the style of the new album, stating, "In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return. The songs are more vulnerable than they've been in a long time. [...] It's very atmospheric and mood oriented so far." Rickly also stated that
6741-526: The implementation of elements such as piano melodies ("For Miles") and electronica ("Red Sky"). Parts of it recalled the post-hardcore stylings of At the Drive-In and Fugazi , with Radiohead -esque atmospheric transitions, and guitarwork in the vein of Denali . Breckenridge said the "dreamy feels and the atmospheric qualities" of the album were inspired by Talk Talk , specifically their albums Spirit of Eden (1988) and Laughing Stock (1991) Some of
6848-666: The involvement of a charity. In May, Thursday announced an appearance at both Chicago and Denver's Riot Fest dates in September. On June 15, Thursday announced a "homecoming" at Starland Ballroom on December 30. On January 31, 2017, Thursday announced a 24-date tour for March and April 2017, the band's first full tour since 2012. In June, Thursday headlined the Northside Festival in Brooklyn , New York. The band announced in October 2018 that their reunion would end in 2019, stating, "When we stopped playing last time, it wasn't on
6955-578: The key bands to popularize the darker emo sound and screaming vocals which came to prominence at the time. Thursday was formed in 1997 by vocalist Geoff Rickly , guitarist Tom Keeley , guitarist Bill Henderson, bassist Tim Payne , and drummer Tucker Rule . The band began playing basement shows in New Brunswick where they were students at Rutgers University and the surrounding New Jersey and New York areas, playing their first official show on December 31, 1998 in Rickly's basement alongside Midtown , Saves
7062-462: The label and their management told them to re-think what they were doing. By December 2004, they had stockpiled 25 songs, which would later be whittled down to 20. At the start of 2005, the band were coming towards the end of their writing process. By February 2005, the group were looking for a producer. They purposely did not want to work with McTernan again, nor did they want a popular producer either. Eddie Breckenridge said that after working on
7169-475: The label expressed interest in signing the band. In late May 2002, the group announced they had signed to Island Records, following a bidding war between other major labels. Up to this point, Full Collapse had sold 111,000 copies. On September 9, the group's signing to Island Records was made official following negotiations of an exit agreement with Victory Records. The agreement required parent company Island/Def Jam to buy out Victory's contract claim for
7276-433: The label were occurring, the group were being contacted by major labels. The group, who "didn't understand [anything] about major labels", pondered about other independent labels they would join. However, due to their contract they wouldn't be allowed to move to another independent label. Throughout 2001, people from major label Island Records had been to the band's shows since they became a full-time touring act. Soon after,
7383-482: The least." Later in the year, they released their second album Full Collapse through the label, eventually reaching number 178 on the Billboard 200 . Before appearing on Warped Tour , the group visited Victory's offices and learned about Thursday-branded whoopee cushions that the label was planning to sell at the tour. Vocalist Geoff Rickly discussed this matter with Victory founder Tony Brummel, and according to
7490-492: The mainland with Coheed and Cambria , who cancelled because of their frontman sustaining a hand injury. Coheed and Cambria did, however, appear on the UK dates of the tour. On February 9, 2006, "Red Sky" was released as the album's second single. From February to April 2006, the band went on the Taste of Chaos tour, which they co-headlined. On March 16, 2006, a music video for "Red Sky" premiered through AOL . On April 11, 2006,
7597-424: The material they were writing leaned "a lot more towards dreamy and atmospheric", while Kensrue wished to have the lyrics in that vein. Though in the end, the majority of the songs on the final album did not involve the ocean directly, "but [...] a lot of that kind of ended up seeping into what we did". Almost half of the record features direct quotations from the Bible, which Breckenridge attributed to Kensrue reading
7704-465: The most potential of any band in the world right now, a band that can change the landscape of everything known about modern rock music". Noisey referred to it as "the sound of a post-punk band, once preferred by SoCal mall rats, attempting to thwart expectations and break free by incorporating piano melodies, atmospherics, chain gang chants, Japanese folk, and high-concept Pynchon-inspired artwork from Dave Eggers." AllMusic reviewer Johnny Loftus said
7811-436: The names we receive, and the names we give to others. – Dustin Kensrue in 2005 on the album's title On June 15, 2005, the album's title was announced as Vheissu (pronounced "vee-sue"). Kensrue found the phrase Vheissu in the book V. by Thomas Pynchon , which he was reading in early 2002. Kensrue posted a detailed analysis of the name, explaining that as it had no concrete meaning, hoping people would attribute
7918-494: The next three months, the group performed on the Warped Tour ; they did not appear on the first ten dates of the trek in order to finish recording. On July 14, 2005, Vheissu was announced for release in two months' time. "Image of the Invisible" was posted online on September 7, 2005, followed by "The Earth Will Shake" the next week. The band started a podcast to preview the forthcoming material, as well as give information on
8025-477: The parts are influenced by different forms of music. Riley Breckenridge said it was a "really cool challenge" trying to make these separate parts into cohesive pieces of music. "Image of the Invisible" features Morse code , which spells out the album's title, done by Kensrue. Breckenridge said the song was written before they had the idea of adding Morse code. After looking into incorporating it with programming, they found out it had "a really cool syncopation with
8132-404: The parts they came up with, with the exception of one, which became the drum intro to "Stand and Feel Your Worth". Kensrue made a conscious effort to scream less during the tracks, doing so only when he felt singing wouldn't convey the feeling as intended. Riley Breckenridge said they incorporated the use of various keyboard and synthesizer instrumentation. He added that they were "work[ing] on
8239-401: The previous years, the members had been expanding their musical tastes: Riley Breckenridge with electronic artists such as Squarepusher and Aphex Twin , Teranishi and Eddie Breckenridge getting into jazz , Eddie Breckenridge exploring "less straight hardcore" acts like Botch and Isis as well as ambient music , and Kensrue listening to Tom Waits . As all of the members contribute music,
8346-498: The primary lyrical theme is devotion. Thursday debuted "Turnpike Divides" at their annual holiday show on December 30, 2010, at the Starland Ballroom. On November 22, 2011, Thursday posted a statement on their official website and their Twitter account reading "Thanks & Love", expressing their intention to stop producing music together. However, the statement about the status of band was ambiguous, not stating explicitly in
8453-417: The process. To promote the release, the group held a competition where fans posted remixes or covers of "Image of the Invisible". The fan that won received home recording equipment worth $ 4,000. The group then went on tours of Japan and Australia. They ended the year with an appearance at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas . In January and February 2006, the group toured Europe; they were intended to co-headline
8560-565: The reasons. However, Thursday returned for a charitable performance to save New York City 's CBGB , on August 25, 2005, which was streamed live through the CBGB's website. In fall 2005, five Thursday demo songs were stolen from the iPod of the tour manager for My American Heart , a band Rickly had recently collaborated with for their song "We Are the Fabrication". The band issued a statement on their official website stating that they were disappointed
8667-440: The recording process as a whole; Riley Breckenridge said the podcast was "kind of ruined" as the album leaked online three weeks ahead of its release. On September 17, 2005, the album's track listing was posted online. Three days later, "Image of the Invisible" was released as a single. On September 26, 2005, "Between the End and Where We Lie" was posted on Alternative Press ' website. Between now and early October 2005,
8774-581: The release of The Illusion of Safety in 2002, the group were the subject of a major-label bidding war. They eventually signed to Island Records , who released The Artist in the Ambulance in 2003, which peaked at number 16 on the United States Billboard 200 chart. Two of its singles, "All That's Left" and "Stare at the Sun", appeared on the Alternative Songs radio chart. The band promoted
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8988-405: The song "Last Call" on their fifth studio album, Common Existence . Thursday had originally toyed with the idea of a double album to follow up War All the Time but the idea was scrapped, reporting on their website that they believed "not even The Beatles could properly fill two discs with enough worthy material". Thursday released their fourth album and second major label release, A City by
9095-399: The song writing process from Osborne, whose past credits include many British rock and electronic hits. Osborne had not heard of the group or had any interest in the group's music scene prior to the sessions. Osborne returned to the UK; the band, meanwhile, went to New York City to promote If We Could Only See Us Now . In April 2005, Osborne went back to the US for more pre-production with
9202-477: The song's energy and dynamic, taking influence from The City of Lost Children (1995). During filming, they came across The Invisible Children Movement charity, who was raising awareness of childing in Uganda, which they promptly began supporting and encouraging their fans to help donate to. On the same day as the video, Vheissu was made available for streaming on their Myspace profile. In October and November 2005,
9309-468: The special version. They intentionally limited this edition because of budgetary reasons, and as they were aware of how many of their fans would be buying it in the first week of release. A portion of each sale was donated to the 826 Valencia project, which was set up by Eggers to aid kids with their writing abilities. Upon delivering Vheissu to Island Records, the label was unsure what to do with it as they thought it had no single -sounding songs. Over
9416-414: The studio in late April 2005 to play The Bamboozle and Coachella festivals. Dave Schiffman was the main engineer for the sessions with assistance from Chris Laidlow and Jeff Gehlert. The recordings were mixed by Sean Beavan at The Pass Studios in Los Angeles, California with assistant engineer Zephyrus Sowers in August 2005. The band members attended the mixing in person, traveling two-to-three hours to
9523-448: The term "hiatus" was misleading as it had only been used in case the band did ever decided to play a show again. He did, however, indicate that there was a possibility for the band to play shows in the future, but no new material would ever be produced. Since their disbandment, Rickly formed the band No Devotion in 2014 with former members of the band Lostprophets , and continued with his side-project United Nations . Tucker Rule became
9630-463: The touring drummer for the British boy band The Wanted , the pop-punk band Yellowcard and worked as a hired musician as well as studio drummer. In January 2016, former members of Thursday posted a picture of themselves hanging out to Rickly's Twitter account. This sparked rumors that the band would soon be reuniting, however Rickly quickly dispelled them by saying that their communication was minimal in
9737-524: The touring engagements, and took a month-long break in July 2004. Thrice had supported Dashboard Confessional on the Honda Civic Tour two months prior; it was during this time, they started discussing what to do for their next album. During the break, the members used this time to write material and experiment with music. Drummer Riley Breckenridge said Brian McTernan , who had produced The Artist in
9844-544: The tracks have mid-tempo arrangements with the loud/quiet dynamic of Thursday and Deftones , and brooding mood of the Cure . They spent eight to nine months in total writing for the album, with many of the songs being done on the European tour in support of The Artist in the Ambulance . Thrice used the program Reason to come up with new ideas. Upon returning home, they expanded upon these snippets. They ultimately re-made many of
9951-474: The unfinished products leaked, but that they were glad that people take that much interest in their music. The band confirmed the title of one demo, "At This Velocity" and promised it would make their upcoming album. Three other songs ("The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out (Of Control)", "Telegraph Avenue Kiss", and "Autumn Leaves Revisited") would also make the album, while the remaining demo would later become
10058-428: The word specifically to the album and its accompanying songs. Breckenridge explained that Kensrue "thought it was a really pretty sounding word ... It's just kind of thrown out there". Though in one interview Breckenridge said it was not a real word, in another interview he said it was also the name of a "gateway at the bottom of Mount Vesuvius to a bunch of tunnels into the underworld". The cover artwork for Vheissu
10165-501: The works of C. S. Lewis , who also used heavy amounts of religious imagery in his writing. It was a shift away from the mythological imagery employed on The Artist in the Ambulance . Some direct comparisons were made to Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia (1950) and Mere Christianity (1952), as well as the Book of Revelation . The record is characterized as being a rather experimental deviation from Thrice's post-hardcore roots, with
10272-408: Was a full disbandment. Thursday reunited in 2016, touring for the next few years and breaking up again in 2019. In 2020, Thursday announced another reunion at Chicago's Riot Fest in 2021. In 2024, the band released "Application for Release From the Dream", their first new song in 13 years. The band is considered influential in the post-hardcore music scene in the 2000s, and is credited as one of
10379-457: Was dismissive. The band went back to the label to have a meeting in New York City, which Riley Breckenridge felt was "disconnected", and having to justify their place on the label roster. Pre-production was done over a few days in mid-March 2005 with producer Steve Osborne . Breckenridge said they chose him because of his work with Doves and Placebo . The band wanted a new perspective on
10486-410: Was done to minimize the bleed between the kit pieces. The chorus chord progression was taken from an untitled piano outtake from The Artist in the Ambulance sessions. "The Earth Will Shake" starts off as an acoustic blues track, complete with a Hammond organ played by Teranishi, before shifting into loud guitars, with Kensrue's vocals breaking into screams. The song's breakdown features an
10593-508: Was keen to help them. McMullen created the final cover after Eggers and the band had chosen a basic concept. Breckenridge said the band's idea came from looking at the cover of the eleventh issue of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern , a literary journal founded by Eggers. In late 2004, Kensrue had been reading Eggers' book How We Are Hungry (2004); less than a month after this, the band began working with him. Kensrue said "references to Vheissu in [Pynchon's] book (and in critiques of
10700-410: Was learning how to play piano. In January 2004, the majority of staff at Island Records shifted to working at Warner Bros. Records . Despite this, A&R member Robert Stevenson continued working with the band, who liked the new people at Island. Bassist Eddie Breckenridge said by March 2004 that they had a number of ideas, but did not have a fully completed song. The group became exhausted from all
10807-409: Was listed at number 20 on Paste 's list of the 25 Best Punk Albums of the 2000s. Kerrang! placed it at number 10 on their Top 20 Albums of 2005. Architects released a cover of "Of Dust and Nations" in 2013. In early 2020, Thrice embarked on a tour for Vheissu 's 15th anniversary, with support from Holy Fawn , Drug Church , and mewithoutYou . Thrice were due to perform the album at
10914-506: Was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics . It has been referred to as Thrice's best album due to its complexity and experimentation. Blender writer Tom Beaujour said the band "push beyond volume and velocity into a world of sprawling, mid-tempo arrangements and esoteric influences". Patrick Slevin of The Aquarian Weekly said the album's "almost unthinkable transitions [between songs] are so well-calculated and dynamically fruitful without sounding hokey, that it seems
11021-487: Was not well received on this tour, as the majority of the audience members showed up at tour dates mainly for opening act Bring Me the Horizon, with guitarist Tom Keeley approximating about 90% of the audience would leave before their set, and described the tour as an "awful experience." Thursday began recording their next album in July 2010, at Tarbox Road Studios in Fredonia, New York with Dave Fridmann, who had also produced
11128-421: Was officially released. A City by the Light Divided was generally received well by critics, spawning two singles: " Counting 5-4-3-2-1 " and " At This Velocity ", though the latter received considerably less attention. The band left Island Records in early 2007. At their 2007 New Year's Eve show at the Starland Ballroom , the band announced that they will be writing and recording new material in 2008. During
11235-404: Was posted online on July 14, 2005; it was created by author Dave Eggers and artist Brian McMullen. The artwork, which echoed a 1930s ouija board, features depictions of mystical creatures and questions spread around it. Although Eggers had not done any freelance work in years by that point, he was interested in working with the band. After meeting with them and reading the album's lyrics, he
11342-490: Was replaced by Pedulla. Thursday gained popularity with their second album Full Collapse (2001), and the band's major-label debut War All the Time (2003) debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200 . The band released A City by the Light Divided (2006), Common Existence (2009) and No Devolución (2011) before announcing an indefinite hiatus following Australian tour dates in 2012, which Rickly later confirmed
11449-522: Was unsure about the project, but the label and Kensrue were positive about it. Thrice was put in contact with Howard Benson , known for his work with Hoobastank and My Chemical Romance , and had a meeting with him. Riley Breckenridge said it was an uncomfortable situation; the band were trying to tell him what they wanted to experiment with in a studio, and Benson's response was to tell them about his success with rock ballads . Eddie Breckenridge proposed toying with microphone placements, to which Benson
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