Jobie's Bite-Sized Music Reviews #32: Full Collapse (album) - Thursday
- arrangednoisefan
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min read
Recommended
Full Collapse is a post-hardcore and emo album by the rock band Thursday. Though it is a post-hardcore album, there are some tracks / parts of the album that lean more towards pop punk. The album's sound is similar to their debut album, Waiting, but more refined and well-executed. Riffs, well-performed drumming, and fast-paced tracks adorn the album. It kicks off with the slow, contemplative “A0001”, before transitioning into “Understand in a Car Crash”, a very explosive track. Perhaps one of the most satisfying parts of the album is towards the end of “How Long Is the Night?”, ending in rising, dramatic verse, sung tenderly by Geoff Rickly. The vocals by Geoff Rickly no longer fall flat; they feel tender when they need to, feel aggressive and raw when a track calls for intense shouting, and, in general, each track's vocals is a noticeable step up from Waiting. Similarly to Waiting, many of the album's tracks deal with serious subject matter; “Understanding in a Car Crash” is about two people Rickly knew getting into a car crash, “Autobiography of a Nation” is about genocide committed by nations, and “How Long is the Night?” is about someone that Rickly knew laying down on train tracks in the wish that a train would run them over. (This is just a small selection of what Thursday discusses on this album) It is very clear that this autobiographical approach to lyrics and song themes is something that Thursday finds important to include in their albums – and it works well, giving weight to the screamed vocals on this album. My favorite tracks on this album include “Understanding in a Car Crash”, “Autobiography of a Nation”, “Standing on the Edge of Summer”, and “How Long Is The Night?”. Overall, Full Collapse is a noticeable improvement over the band's 1999 album, Waiting, being more refined, executed a whole lot better, and being aided by the improvement of Rickly's vocals. It is definitely a recommended listen for post-hardcore/emo fans, as a lot of the elements that are on display in this album are present in other post-hardcore/emo albums.*
*This album has influenced a variety of bands (such as Senses Fail, a band which I highly enjoy). It seems that nearly every genre has the One Album that influences a dozen or so bands, and it happens that Full Collapse is that album for the emo genre.
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