Thrice just played a show in Washington D.C. on their farewell tour. Check out live videos of four of their songs below by clicking “Read More.”
Thrice recently performed at the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC on their farewell tour. Check out footage of the band playing the song “Under A Killing Moon” below by clicking “Read More.”
Thrice have added a final date to their farewell tour in Southern California on June 19th. The show will feature only Thrice and the band will be playing two sets. Partial proceeds from the night will be going to StandUp2Cancer. Check out details from the bandbelow by clicking “Read More.”
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THE MONTHLY SUMMARY:
Week I
Week II
ALBUMS OUT THIS MONTH:
Week I
Week II
Week III
INTERVIEWS:
Thrice
SESSIONS:
Fake Problems
PLAYLISTS:
Go Radio, This Providence
Thrice
ROAD BLOGS:
The Maine
Pianos Become The Teeth
Sainthood Reps
CONTRIBUTOR BLOGS:
The Industry With Jesse Cannon
CONTESTS:
The Early November [Ends on May 17th]
The Graduate [Ends on May 18th]
STREAMS:
Still Rings True // “Broken”
Right Away, Great Captain! // “Blame”
The Wonder Years // Get Stoked On It!
GALLERY:
I Call Fives|The Sheds|The Composure|Casting Call|The Weekend Escape
SPONSORED SHOWS:
Romance On A Rocketship on June 23rd
Mixtapes|With The Punches on June 25th
With The Punches|Forever Came Calling|State Champs
Thrice are currently on their Farewell Tour with Animals As Leaders and O’Brother, and PropertyOfZack was truly lucky to have drummer Riley Breckenridge make us one final Playlist to commemorate the tour. Check out Riley’s Playlist and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading his thoughts!
(Click on image to listen in Spotify)
Vacationer - Having It All
My favorite “summer record” for 2012. I’m so happy for Kenny (ex-Starting Line). He’s really done something special here. Great songwriting, great production, and super catchy hooks without being run-of-the-mill. This track is dangerously infectious.
Black Clouds - Pantheons *Song is currently not on Spotify
Promising post-rock from three ex-members of Solar Powered Sun Destroyer (who I did a remix/reinterpretation for a while back) that brings to mind Russian Circles, Sigur Ros, and Isis. Listen here.
Ancient Shores - Reaper
I found out about this after posting a song from Fight Amp on my blog, and getting an email about these guys. It’s really aggressive and heavy angular punk rock in the vein of Botch, Every Time I Die, The Minor Times, et al.
Torche - Kicking
I’ve been a Torche fan for years, and I can’t stop listening to their new record, Harmonicraft. This is my favorite track (mostly because of how epic the chorus is), and a perfect example of Torche’s absolute mastery of making really catchy music that is brutally heavy. This must be an unbelievably fun band to play in.
Kowloon Walled City - The Busker *Song is currently not on Spotify
My good friend, Ian (who I run the ProductiveOuts twitter, blog, and podcast with) plays bass in this band. They are ridiculously heavy and awesome, and if you don’t listen to them and love them, we probably won’t get along.
Refused - Deadly Rhythm
I got to see this performed live at Groezrock in Belgium last weekend, and I seriously almost pooped in my pants. I know that saying is overused and tired, but I had weird meat in catering, beer, and coffee in my stomach, and watching David Sandström play this song on drums got me so excited that I almost had a crisis in the rear pantal area.
PropertyOfZack spoke with our friend Riley Breckenridge a few weeks ago in preparation for Thrice’s farewell tour. Riley and I looked back at the band’s recent touring, their career as a whole, his feelings on their hiatus, the future, and so much more. It’s a great read for any Thrice fan, so don’t miss out on it!
Thrice released Major/Minor in the fall and you guys went on to what seemed to be a very successful fall tour. Before Thanksgiving, you guys announced the hiatus. Fans were pretty shocked. When was the decision to call it a break initially made?
I can’t remember exactly when. I feel like the writing had kind of been on the wall for a while. The amount of touring that we’ve done over the past two or three years has gone down considerably and that is due in large part to Dustin and Teppei having growing families and young kids at home. You know, Dustin has got three kids, Teppei has got two and has a third on the way. It’s really tough for them to be away from home at all, really. So the amount of touring we have done has kind of gone down. It (the hiatus) was something that I didn’t think was out of the realm of possibility. When Dustin told us that he needed to take a break for a while, it was definitely disappointing, but it wasn’t something that was totally shocking to me. I couldn’t put an exact date on when we decided we were going to do that. I think he might have decided on his own earlier. But we didn’t feel comfortable saying anything about it until after that tour with La Dispute and O’Brother.
I guess if you dug deep enough around the internet, there were rumors of that decision months before it was actually made. Were those coincidental or was it months before the tour started?
I don’t know if some information leaked and that’s how the rumors got started or if people were just kind of piecing stuff together. But yeah, like I said, it didn’t seem like it was outside of the realm of possibility. With people pursuing other interests and our touring schedule getting smaller, it was kind of easy to piece together. I’ve seen stuff posted online over the last couple of years, like, “Oh this is going to be their last record,” or “That’s going to be their last record.” or “They’ll take the break now.”
I think fans have been very respective of the decision. To anyone’s eyes it seems like there is no bad blood. Like you said it’s been something for family. Would you say, disregarding your disappointment, that there has been a ton of support from your closest fans?
Yeah, I think most people get it. Obviously, family should come first and foremost. I think people that have kids and have families probably understand it better than those who don’t. I’ve seen firsthand how tough it is on Dustin and Teppei to be gone. And how tough it is on their families. So it’s understandable. It’s still disappointing, I still really want to tour and still want to make music with these guys and keep working hard on what we’ve put a lot of time and effort into in the past almost fourteen years. But there comes a time where you just have to step away from it and I think as a member of the band you can look at it as this really disheartening thing and a huge bummer or you can see it as something that is the beginning of a new and exciting chapter to do new things and explore other interests. For me, the prospect of being home a little bit more is exciting because I can find other areas of work to get into and I can settle down with my girlfriend and maybe start a family of our own. Those are things that all four of us kind of put on hold in varying degrees to make sure Thrice could continue being a band. Now that Dustin has decided that it is time for him to take a break for a while, it’s an understandable decision and something that I’m fully supportive of. I’m just looking at it as an opportunity to explore new options and use this last tour as the way to express our sincere gratitude for how supportive our fans have been; how they’ve helped us turn something that seemed totally unrealistic into a career for the better part of a decade.
Is that what this last tour is about? You guys could have called it a day after that last tour. Is this just to make sure that you are giving the fans what they want, in terms of a set list and everything?
Yeah. We did a little online poll to kind of see what people wanted to hear and then we put together a song pool based on that information. I’m just really thankful that we have an opportunity to go out one last time and to know that this is going to be the last tour for the foreseeable future. There could have been a situation that we’ve seen thousands of times where a band will go out on a tour, not knowing if it’s going to be their last one, and then they come home and somebody is like, “Oh, I’m leaving the band,” or “We need to break up.” That’s got to be a lot tougher to deal with. I think this is easier for me to deal with all of this knowing that there will be one last run and that we’ll have a proper way to thank the fans with the fans being fully cognizant that this is the last time that they are going to have the chance to see us for a while.
Thrice have officially kicked off their farewell tour. Check out the band’s set list for the special tour below by clicking “Read More.”
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Thrice are about to embark on their farewell tour, but drummer Riley Breckenridge confirmed in a new article that the band will write music and tour together again at some point in the future. Read what Riley had to say below by clicking “Read More.”
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Dustin Kensrue Releases “John The Revelator” Recording
Thrice frontman Dustin Kensrue will be holding “secret” acoustic shows after select dates of the band’s farewell tour for Invisible Music. Check out a tweet from the band below by clicking “Read More.”
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Hopeless and Sub City Records are reissuing Thrice’s The Illusion Of Safety for its ten year anniversary and the band’s farewell tour. Read the press release and check out preorder info for the release below by clicking “Read More.”
Thrice are in the practice stages of gearing up for their farewell tour, and drummer Riley Breckenridge wrote up a new column to discuss the final run. Read the full article here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More.”
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Thrice have confirmed that they will be recording a live album on their final tour for a fall release. Read a message from the band below by clicking “Read More.”
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Thrice Add O’Brother To Final Tour
Thrice have added two dates to their final tour with Animals As Leaders and O’Brother. Check out the full routing below by clicking “Read More.”
Thrice have confirmed that O’Brother have been added to the support slot on their final US tour. Check out the routing below by clicking “Read More.”
