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    PO NOW: The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes On Forever (Sept 23rd)

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    1 hour ago, HardlineKid said:

    I'm not a fan of the way they release vinyl. I had a feeling it would be like this... A few variants that are not very limited. I get why they do it, but the collector in me likes the thrill of scrambling to get the most limited variants.

    I have to say that I preferred this way that they did it.

     

    No bundles, discounts if you built your own bundles, enough variants to have time to think and order/build those bundles, enough of each variant that the different copies remain accessible without fans getting absolutely screwed on the secondhand market, and released at a time that gives the most amount of people a chance to access it if you’re going to do a single time release.

     

    As a variant collector and someone who helps other collectors I enjoy the hunt too, but this actually took care of the largest swath of fans and that’s will always be the best method in my book.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    Man oh man. So glad I’m not the only crazy one too. I routinely take screenshots on my phone in landscape and use Tailor to stitch them together into single reference sheets. I’m wondering if the discrepancies in our screenshots have to do with timing and the way the put the sales pages up. I know I’m lazy and would have copied to original pages and then made the release-specific adjustments later.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    Apologies. My “Everybody relax” was geared significantly more toward the “Where the fuck is it?” guy.

     

    Instagram post form the band here talking about last minute edition.

    https://www.instagram.com/thrice/p/CRmCwRFtpIl/?utm_medium=copy_link

     

    Thrice sale page here. https://thricestore.com/product/19904/horizonseast-lp-light-purple-blast
     

    Schreenshots I took from the launch day of the page said the same thing as the disclaimer that is there today.

     

    “This item is a pre-order item with an intended release date of February 25, 2022 . We will ship your order before or on this date, but due to production delays or other unpredictable reasons, this date may change. If you'd like other items on your order to be delivered sooner, please place two separate orders.*”

     

     

     

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    Everyone relax. It was announced after the first pressing sold out. Was announced that it would distribute significantly later. They basically had to place the order the day they launched the preorder and it got put to the back of the pressing schedule by the pressing plants since the order was placed so much later than the first pressings.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    29 minutes ago, HardlineKid said:

    I was never into this band beyond Artist in the Ambulance (which I really enjoyed). Do they have any other records that resemble this sound?

    Not at all. Vheissu is the follow up album to TAITA and it contains the last remnants of the TAITA era and pre TAITA era. And even then, Vheissu only has small touches of it. Basically a transition album out of that style and into their experimental era. However, they do have a lot of excellent albums after TAITA and every single one of them is so different that they each stand alone. Try them all once.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    2 minutes ago, holyvacantsholyhell said:

    I don’t have much to contribute other than vheissu is my favorite but also mainly this is the internet, what’re you folks doing having a rational exchange of opinions?

    It’s really hard to drag someone with a good taste of music. I mean, they’re a Thrice fan aren’t they? Obviously they have good taste. It’s nobody’s individual fault that Thrice’s discography is so diverse.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    2 hours ago, xfactor675 said:

    I'm a huge thrice fan, mostly love their early disco up until alchemy, but after all these years I still don't understand the love for beggars, It was a plain dadrock record (their first) especially after all the cool experimentation on alchemy and vheissu. It was a very poor decision to make everything themselves. I was devastated at the time. Major/minor is a complete trash, they needed that break, while TBEITBN is somehow a very strong return album (long defeat for example is a top-tier thrice song), which is very hard thing to do, it's still dadrock though, but somehow works. and I hate black honey though, and how it's their most popular song. Palms was just superbad, not a memorable moment on it, deeper wells is way better than any song that made the record which is meh.

    These 2 songs are promising but still hate that I feel the "dadrock radio" vibes  they can't seem to let go since Beggars, but yeah they are old, just like me, so I guess I have to live with that. I can still go apeshit for Silhoutte live though :)

     

    Beggars for me was excellent because it combined all of the elements of Alchemy together. Listen to the album again and listen for it.  Some examples of what I’m talking about.

     

    All The World Is Mad: A combo of Fire and Air.

    The Weight: Air with a touch of fire.

    Circles: Water with a touch of air.

    Doublespeak: Air with bits of Earth and a tiny tinge of Fire.

     

    It goes on and on, but that, plus a lot of the interesting progressions and rhythms, is  where my love for that album comes from. I’ve never felt like Vheissu was some experimental album because it just felt like a natural darker and, a bit slowed down/more mature, progression from TAITA. I’ve never felt there was a connection between Vheissu and Alchemy, but I have always felt like Beggars was the band saying “Let’s do Alchemy, but in a single album format so we can transition out of this sonic era and back into albums again.”

     

    I feel like the thrice fan base is extremely multifaceted, but has this one specific subset of fans who still want them to be a fast punk/post hardcore band. Which always seems crazy to me because out of their 23 year career they stopped being that about 6 years in and have been more the direction and offshoots of Alchemy for the last 14 years. It just makes me wonder what those specific fans are holding out for.

     

    I also don’t understand the Dad Rock label either. It feels like another misplaced label like “post hardcore.” When I think Dad rock I think arena rock mixed with classic rock plus these indie bands like Wilco or the Nationals. Thrice doesn’t sonically hit those genres so I’m always confused. I feel like it has always been a shot just because they are dads who haven’t put out another punk album in the last 75% of their career and the fans who are still mad about it can’t let that go.

     

    The fact is Thrice was absolutely those things that embody IOS/TAITA/Vheissu at a certain time in their lives, but they haven’t been those things for a loooong time and their experiences and lives have shaped them in a way where they won’t be going back.

     

    I do want to throw in here at the end though that I hate Black Honey too.  The only time I can find any appreciation for that song is when I am playing it on vinyl at a louder volume and the bass kicks in on the second verse. That’s the only think I find enjoyment out of.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    11 minutes ago, throwgncpr said:

    I wouldn't want them to repeat exactly what they did on any of their albums, but I felt like they were on a natural progression which kept getting better and better through Major/Minor. TBEITBN is their absolute worst, in my opinion. Palms was an improvement, but it was still pretty weak. Both post-hiatus albums felt like they suffered from Dustin's solo style and trying to find something that sounded cool with the kids. Somebody was watching too much Stranger Things when they wrote Only Us...

     

    The singles so far feel like they could have followed Major/Minor, which is exciting. I thought they were at the top of their game then.

    I like this take just because it is such a departure from the all-too-common sentiment that M/M is somehow their worst album. Honestly, it’s not my favorite and a little too religious for me, however musically it had some amazing work on it and considering the context off all of the loss they were all experiencing, it felt right.

     

    However, I will shamelessly admit that I like TBEITBN and Palms. I’m just excited at the prospect of getting another album that is once again totally different than everything else. The closest connected albums in their discography, in my pathetic little opinion, is Alchemy and Beggars and even those are miles apart. To me that is the ultimate appeal of Thrice. You NEVER get the same thing twice (so badly want to make a thrice pun there).

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    Just now, Derek™ said:

    Perhaps, yeah.  I think there were a ton of cool ideas on Alchemy, especially by way of instrumentation on Water, as an example.  They could've gotten away with a Kid A record.  If they could just drop the stadium butt-rock sound from their last 2 albums, they'd be in pretty decent shape.

    I will admit that Alchemy is hands down my favorite. Always has been and probably always will be. And Beggars was an absolute surprise for me how they combined all of the elemental sounds, removed the experimentations and made an amazing follow up. I just don’t know if they can go back to that ever again. I think they completed their experiment and it enabled them to go where they have gone. Being an alchemy fan, I’m just happy that every album since has been distinctly different. I don’t feel like they’ve every put out the same album twice ever and that makes me super happy as a fan, even when I like something a little less

    than other stuff.

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    1 minute ago, Derek™ said:

    Alchemy.

    Honestly, I’m not sure where you expect them to go after alchemy except for Beggars. Four completely different EPs and they still managed to combine all four to make Beggars despite Beggars being all in the same tuning and on the fewest number of instruments. So would it be fair to say you’re seeking a Beggars part 2?

    Thrice - Horizons/East

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    Alright. Lots of people hitting me up about UK/EU variant. Long story short, shop I ordered from fucked up and wasn’t supposed to let it hit yet. They have asked me not to share the information yet as they have taken it down and don’t want attention for their mistake. Being an indie shop, I have to respect that as I don’t want them to get in trouble (especially since this is the second time in 3 years they have done this and allowed me to keep my preorder in).

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