Thursday

Thursday's major label debut is awash in rallying cries, heavy guitars and bittersweet melodies that belie the album's otherwise aggressive pound. Rage and solemn sentimentality are doled out as if the band knows there's nothing more effective than someone who's heartbroken and angry. "Division St." shows this best.

Of all the passionate, soul-baring young guitar bands slogged together under the emo
heading, Thursday are among the darkest and most powerful, and their fourth album brims
over with all the jagged guitars and bad thoughts a bunch of suburban New Jersey kids can
muster. Singer Geoff Rickly voices a cavalcade of complaints in his full-bodied, agitated
wail, but despite the title, War All the Time doesn't reflect the band's political se... More >