Alchemy Index Vol.1 & 2, The (Fire & Water) (CD) ~ Thrice Cover Art

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Alchemy Index Vol.1 & 2, The (Fire & Water) (CD)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Alchemy Index Vol.1 & 2, The (Fire & Water) (CD) Album By Thrice
1   Firebreather  
2   Messenger  
3   Backdraft  
4   Arsonist  
5   Burn The Fleet  
6   Flame Deluge  
 
DISC 2 for Alchemy Index Vol.1 & 2, The (Fire & Water) (CD) Album By Thrice
1   Digital Sea  
2   Open Water  
3   Lost Continent  
4   Night Diving  
5   Whaler  
6   Kings Upon The Main  
 

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Review

Spin (p.125) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Part Tom Waits meets Isis, part Coldplay as performed by a robot orchestra, the results are fairly stunning."
Alternative Press (p.166) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]ogether FIRE and WATER form one of the most breathtaking albums of the year."

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In what seems like a textbook "big rock" move, Thrice have broken up their new album into two distinct stylistic categories, FIRE and WATER. Critics will call it pretension, but Thrice has used the structure as a vehicle to explore different facets of their distinct post-hardcore sound. Thrice has continued to move in all sorts of interesting directions since their inception, and THE ALCHEMY INDEX: VOLS I & II shows them taking that next step into complexity.
Appropriately enough, FIRE features a more incendiary Thrice. Opener "Firebreather" spews elemental shards of molten metal guitar, while furnace-burned vocals and a twisting, aggressive heaviness make "The Messenger" even more aggressive. This isn't to say that FIRE is a one-dimensional record, as other tracks take cues from atmospheric headbangers like Isis in their combination of crushing guitar and lighter, ambient sounds.
WATER, on the other hand, tilts the balance further over to the ambient side, complete with gentler vocals, washes of keyboards, and a peppering of electronics, coming off at times like Depeche Mode on the one hand and even the late Elliott Smith on the other. It's a sonic palate as far removed from the opening notes of FIRE as it is from the band's post-hardcore origins, and it amply showcases Thrice's progression and ambitions.

Album Description

'The Alchemy Index Vol.1 & 2' is the first two parts of an ambitious project from post-hardcore act Thrice. These first two volumes are concerned with the elements fire and water, the concepts being linked together by the band's unique brand of post-hardcore. Includes the tracks 'Firebreather', 'Backdraft' and 'Kings Upon The Main'.

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