Title: Why did you do this THRICE?!!!
Product review: First off, Teppei, who I believed to be one of those most intellcual-guitarists is virtually non-existent in this record. He was once quoted in saying that in the Illusion of Safety he did nothing but riff the whole time. Well not anymore, and if he does you can't hear it. Thrice's music seems to have taken on an artsy flavor, as if to say "we're smart and we think about stuff so were gonna go out of our way to make a record that isn't our style so that we can prove we're versatile". Well to me all they proved is that they abandoned what they were best at, which was amazing musicianship and intensity. This record is very whiny and there is generally no complex musicianship, with a few exceptions. Almost every band puts out an experimental record, and they all suck. So yeah.
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