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• Artist: Thursday / Envy
• Album: Split
• Label: Temporary Residence
• Year of Release: 2008
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2008-11-10

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I think there were a few shocked people when it was announced that Thursday and Envy were going to be doing a split album together. Many couldn't see the connection between the two, myself included.

This project takes the older approach to a split, first half is Thursday, second half is Envy. The album starts out with "As He Climbed The Dark Mountain", a lofty song for Thursday but one that reminds you of the power this band is capable of. "In Silence" follows it up with a much more subdued instrumental. I love how they manage give it a crisp production and yet still pull of a distorted surface, and I love the piano. What seems like a continuation of the opening song, the band head out on "An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream of Peace". Thursday slow down once again for another moody instrumental called "Appeared and was Gone". Be careful around the 3.20 mark, it gets kinda crazy.

Japan's Envy is up next with a track called "An Umbrella Fallen Into Fiction".  This atmospheric song really notifies you that you are listening to a different band. It gets all angry after a bit so be forewarned. The chaotic feel of "Isolation of a Light Source" is intense. If you haven't listened to Envy before, think of a Japanese Isis or Mogwai and you'll come close to the wonderful dynamics this band has to offer. I found the three tracks from Envy to be the best of the split.

This split is definitely not a necessity. It doesn't show other sides of either band. Instead, just a couple of songs that could get either bands fans into the other band.

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