Dustin Kensrue and Teppei Teranishi sat down and talked to Nic Harcourt regarding Thrice's musical and lyrical evolution among other things on the newest At: Guitar Center podcast. Go take a listen and check the replies to watch them perform "Yellow" and "Anthology" acoustically.
Head over to Thrice.net to watch a lyric video for a new Thrice song titled "Promises." You can also watch them perform another new song titled "Blur" for Fuel.tv here.
Thrice have announced pre-order details and an early LP release of their upcoming seventh studio album, Major / Minor. The LP version of the album will be in stores and online starting Tuesday, September 6th with the CD and digital versions available on September 20th. Each LP comes with a download card, which will be active starting 9/20, 2-LP gatefold packaging, and additional liner notes from the band. The first pressing will be relegated to 4,000 copies worldwide and pressed on clear vinyl with a blue splatter.
The track listing to Thrice's Major/Minor is as follows.
Track Listing
1. Yellow Belly
2. Promises
3. Blinded
4. Cataracts
5. Call It In The Air
6. Treading Paper
7. Blur
8. Words In The Water
9. Listen Through Me
10. Anthology
11. Disarmed
Thrice have posted up a brand new song called "Yellow Belly" for your listening pleasure. Riley had this to say about the recording process and song: “Yellow Belly’s” working title was Major/Minor, which, after much deliberation, ended up becoming the title of our new record. It was the first track we debuted live at Bamboozle in April, and the first track we laid down in the studio at the beginning of our sessions in May. Our only exposure to Red Bull Studios had been tracking and taping a Myspace Transmissions session in 2007, but getting to record an entire record there was a fantastic experience and one we’re very grateful for."
Read a lengthy, interesting interview with Riley Breckenridge of Thrice about drums and music writing here. The interview comes from the new website started by Benjamin Homla of Bad Books. It's going to be dedicated to drummers with interviews, photos, videos, and more.
We all suffer from it. We all succumb to it at some point. I do it far too often. Maybe it's time to put a stop to it. Riley from Thrice has posted a really interesting blog discussing the negativity that seems prevalent on the internet music blogs today. In my view, there's a vocal minority that draw the eyeballs with these kinds of posts - but that can be drowned out with more posts from people that do like something or those willing to have more informed discussion on why they don't like something. Either way, the blog is something I recommend everyone read.
Due to an illness in the family, Riley Breckenridge (Thrice) will be taking a indefinite break from his weekly column for OC Weekly. Our thoughts are with him and his family.
