Saturday, October 4, 2008

Thursday / Envy Split EP



To be honest, I've only had very limited exposure to Envy (a few years ago when I was listening to fellow Japanese hardcore-band, Melt Banana). But everyone knows Thursday, and they deliver on this EP with a mix of screamo and rock, but also an instrumental piece that could have been on A City by the Light Divided (aptly titled "In Silence"). Envy's half of the EP is about the same: melodic screamo (albeit in Japanese). They're actually really good in balancing the instrumentation and vocals, showing their expertise in the genre that can be full of pitfalls for newer hardcore/screamo bands.

Thursday:
1. As He Climbed The Dark Mountain
2. In Silence
3. An Absurd And Unrealistic Dream Of Peace
4. Appeared And Was Gone

Envy:
5. An Umbrella Fallen Into Fiction
6. Isolation Of A Light Source
7. Pure Birth and Loneliness

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?jznxgnymrdy

3 comments:

dcharles said...

"in the genre that can be full of pitfalls for newer hardcore/screamo bands"

you should look into how long Envy have been around.

lucas said...

i didn't mean that they were new, i meant that newer bands should take a queue from what they bring to the table.

Anonymous said...

Good stuff