Thursday Full Collapse - Vinyl

Personnel includes: Erin Farley, Sal Villanueva, Frank Giokas (guitar); Tim Gilles (strings); Joe Darone, Ton Schlatter (background vcals). Recorded at Big Blue Meenie Studios, Jersey City, New Jersey. Full-on punk rock from these New Jersey rockers and this Chicago punk/hardcore label on the former's sophomore full length. Thursday's commitment and energy are in full effect from the outset of this hyper-kinetic set, while their debt to their contemporaries (and some of their labelmates) is clear on such songs as "Concealer" and "Autobiography of a Nation." Musicality and songwriting smarts combine on songs such as the incendiary "Paris in Flames" and the punk rock ballad "How Long Is the Night." Additionally, FULL COLLAPSE is bookended by a couple of soft, almost pastoral songs (the abstrusely titled "A0001" and "i1100") that stand in stark contrast to the hardcore mayhem that lies between. FULL COLLAPSE is a fully realized, cohesive set that mixes youthful energy with lyrical and musical zeal to intoxicating effect.

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Rock and Pop