Alt-rockers Thrice have announced their new album, ‘Horizons/West,’ will be released on 3rd October, via Epitaph Records.
The band’s 12th album serves as a follow-up to 20212’s ‘Horizons/East’, and promises to blend cinematic post-rock textures with the raw urgency of their early work. “This is the first time we leaned into something that felt like a direct continuation, like a sequel to a previous album,” says frontman Dustin Kensrue.
Lyrically, ‘Horizons/West’ explores themes of personal identity, societal manipulation, technological anxiety, and spiritual awakening.
“A lot of this record is about parsing reality,” Kensrue shares. “We’re constantly being influenced by algorithms, by fear, by our own social echo chambers. ‘Horizons/West’ tries to pull the curtain back on some of that. We’ve always just followed our curiosity, wherever it lead. We want to keep growing, exploring, and making something that feels honest to who we are right now.”
Produced by the quartet themselves, ‘Horizons/West’ was recorded at New Grass Studios, with mixing and additional production by Scott Evans and mastering by Matthew J. Barnhart. Both Evans and Barnhart worked with Thrice on 2023’s ‘The Artist in The Ambulance (Revisited)’ record.
1. Blackout
2. Gnash
3. Albatross
4. Undertow
5. Holding On
6. Dusk
7. The Dark Glow
8. Crooked Shadows
9. Distant Suns
10. Vesper Light
11. Unitive/West
Pre-order ‘Horizons/West’ here
Hear Thrice’s New Single (‘Gnash’)
The announcement of ‘Horizons/West’ is joined by the release of its first single, ‘Gnash’.
The track sees Thrice demonstrate a gritty and bombastic side, while lyrically painting a dark, introspective picture of destructive impulses and inner turmoil.
