Thrice: Horizons / West - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Horizons / West
Artist: Thrice
Label: Epitaph
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 045778812929
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2025-10-03
Number of Discs: 1

Horizons/West (2025) completes the thematic arc begun with Horizons/East (2021), pairing personal reflection with sweeping sonic ambition. Self-produced by the band, engineered by guitarist Teppei Teranishi, mixed by Scott Evans, and mastered by Matthew J. Barnhart, Horizons/West balances cinematic tones with spacious atmosphere. Teranishi calls it "less dense," while vocalist Dustin Kensrue sees it as their first sequel-two halves of a larger emotional and political panorama. Blending post-rock textures from their earlier albums Beggars and Major/Minor, with rhythmic complexity from Horizons/East, the band sharpens it's edge without losing nuance. Kensrue's vocals shift from whisper to roar, anchoring meditations on perception, memory, and social influence. Horizons/West looks inward while never ignoring the larger world-urging listeners not to adopt beliefs, but to interrogate them. After more than two decades, Thrice continues building catharsis from chaos, and clarity from noise.

Tracks:
1.1 Blackout
1.2 Gnash
1.3 Albatross
1.4 Undertow
1.5 Holding On
1.6 Dusk
1.7 The Dark Glow
1.8 Crooked Shadows
1.9 Distant Suns
1.10 Vesper Light
1.11 Unitive/West