Thursday Is Still Singing About Car Crashes. And By God, I'm Glad. -- Ginomee

Thursday's new album A City By The Light Divided is not a good album. No, that doesn't do it justice. It is masterful. It reminds me of all the reasons I still buy CD's. Even though the themes are still the same (car crashes, urban imagery, religious symbolism, etc.) it amounts to consistency. They've found what they do well, and so they don't change a good thing. I was honestly hesitant on that point myself, but it's not old yet. I was thinking about sending Geoff Rickly a letter warning him not to make another album about Rosary Beads and Broken Glass, but then I thought better of it. Geoff, you keep writing about whatever the hell you wanna. You're a producer of good shit in a day and age where This is considered music.

Tracks to buy on iTunes (Not download illegally :: GASP :: ) if you don't wanna get the entire album would be "Sugar In The Sacrament," "Telegraph Avenue Kiss," and "The Lovesong Writer." The first track on the album, titled "On The Other Side Of The Crash/Over And Out (Of Control)" is really two songs in one, and also the sequel to the Thursday classic "Understanding In A Car Crash" and well worth checking out, especially if you're an old Thursday fan. Hell, even the radio release is good (how the hell does that happen?).

I rate it James Joyce/The Massacre Of Every Redneck Who Uses The Phrase "Cowboy Up" At Least 500 Miles From The Nearest Rodeo

(8/10)