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- Summary: The fifth album for the New Jersey rock band was produced by Dave Fridmann.
- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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| Friends In The Armed Forces | |
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| There's a purple heart on the stars and stripes tonight It's pinned to the chest of the latest liar And if you try to speak your mind They tell you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Common Existence is largely an enjoyable record that gives as much attention to mood and melody as muscle and might.
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Q MagazinePost-hardcore pioneers Thursday have responded to the end of their major-label adventure by producing their most consistent body of work to date. [Mar 2009, p.93]
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Alternative PressCommon Existence cements Thursday as not only the forefathers of the scene, but also the reigning kings. [Mar 2009, p.102]
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Generally, though, its makers can count Common Existence a triumph.
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Rather than straining for pop sophistication, Fridmann simply brightens and focuses the band's darker, more obtuse corners.
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Thursday's Epitaph debut melds the band's hardcore influences with shoegaze and atmospheric elements, with mixed results.
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FilterThe sense of movement is missing here, that raw immediacy that powered "Full Collapse's" better tracks; the howls and breakdowns feel almost like quota-meters. Still, though, there are enough feedback squalls and keyboard squelches in Dave Friedmann's production to suggest Thursday have yet to run their course. [Winter 2009, p.100]
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