Thursday

Add Date: February 17

Artist: Thursday

Album: Common Existence

Label: Epitaph

Genre: Post-hardcore

Comments: Another very fine album. Here's what the band's label, Epitaph, has to say: "For the last decade, New Jersey's post-hardcore pioneers Thursday have released groundbreaking, essential albums like 2001's fan-favorite Full Collapse and 2003's breakthrough release War All the Time, and played riveting shows, garnering hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. As the band approaches their tenth anniversary, Thursday has dug deep to recapture the original fervor and fire to make their most honest and sincere record to date. Thursday spent a better part of a year writing and recording Common Existence, and their efforts have certainly paid off. From the cathartic 'As He Climbed the Mountain' to the stripped-down post-hardcore anthem 'Friends in the Armed Forces' (which features Quicksand's Walter Schriefels) and the simultaneously dizzying and jaw-dropping first single 'Resuscitation of a Dead Man' (featuring Rise Against's Tim McIlrath), Common Existence takes the elements of the band's previous evolutions and creates a cohesive, unique masterpiece that looks ahead to the next ten years."

That pretty much sums it up. I also really liked "Time's Arrow," as well as "Last Call"--if only for the line "Last call, when I held you tight/The DJ played cuts from The Knife." Rock on, Thursday.