Formed back in 1997, Thursday’s fourth studio album helps to show that here are a band that will withstand the fickle world of music trends with their distinctive post- hardcore sound. The band claim that ‘A City Divided By The Light’ is the album that stopped them from breaking up. The recording process gave them perspective, direction and a resolve to carry on together, and it is this drive and determination that that comes across on the record.
Thursday are as angry and passionate as ever with songs like ‘At This Velocity’ and ‘Into The Blinding Light’ alternating from slow, melancholy vocals one minute to angry shouting and screaming guitar riffs the next. As the record progresses, the album picks up a deep intensity, drawing in listeners with its clever lyrics and intricate layers of sound.
This is an album that shows that some bands can weather difficulties and the ever changing world of music and come out of it sounding better than ever.
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