 Thrice spent much of the first half of 2005 working with producer Steve Osborne on the follow @-@ up to The Artist in the Ambulance . Thrice released Vheissu in October 2005 with " Image of the Invisible " as the first single . The album 's title was taken from the Thomas Pynchon novel V. , and featured a wider variety of instrumentation than used in the band 's previous albums , including the use of strings , electronics , and a Rhodes Piano . Many of the album 's lyrics also feature biblical , spiritual , and abstract themes . 
