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as new jersey's post-hardcore pioneers approach their tenth anniversary, they've dug deep to recapture their original fervor and present a cohesive, unique masterpiece that looks ahead to the next ten years. ecorded with producer/mixer dave fridmann (a city by the light divided, mogwai, mgmt, flaming lips) at tarbox road studios in cassadaga, ny, common existence is thursday's fifth studio album since the band's inception in 1997. thursday spent a better part of a year writing and recording common existence and their efforts have certainly paid off. from the cathartic "as he climbed the mountain" (which is probably the first distortion-drenched hardcore song to feature a slide-guitar break) to the stripped-down post-hardcore anthem "friends in the armed forces" and the simultaneously dizzying and jaw-dropping first single "resuscitation of a dead man," common existence takes all of the elements of the band's previous evolutions and manages to create a cohesive sound all their own. with further progression of new-wave and indie-rock influences on their sound, the will undoubtedly continue to confuse cynics who want to slap the latest musical tag on thursday.....release date: 09/03/2009
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