Beggars by Thrice

Beggars, Thrice's seventh studio album, went out digitally through Vagrant Records in August 2009, landing in the UK on August 9 and in the US two days later, with a physical edition carrying bonus material following on September 15. The Irvine, California band had spent the previous years stretching out, from the electronics and keyboards of Vheissu to the elemental four-part cycle of The Alchemy Index, and here they pull those experiments into something tighter and warmer.

Dustin Kensrue sings and plays guitar, Teppei Teranishi adds guitar and keys, Eddie Breckenridge holds down bass and synth and Riley Breckenridge drums, the same four who founded the band. The old melodic hardcore fury has cooled into something more patient, with plenty of room to breathe, and "In Exile" is the track that made the countdowns. Major/Minor followed in 2011.

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