I just stumbled upon a pretty cool concert series thing, called MySpace Transmissions. There has been five bands that have played so far; Thrice, City and Colour, Vampire Weekend, Nada Surf, and James Blunt. I just watched the Thrice performance, and it is really cool. They played songs off of their Earth, Air, and Water discs. I really enjoyed the songs they played off of Earth, mainly because the versions on the cd were all stripped down, purely acoustic. These performances are full band, electric guitar and full drum kit. It really makes the songs have a completely different feel. My favorite two out of the six were Come All You Weary and Daedalus. Come All You Weary is just such a great song. Totally based off of scripture, and I really love the way Kensrue sings it. My other favorite performance is made great by the vocal. Dustin just sings Daedalus with such emotion, it's really incredible. Even if you don't love screaming, I think you can appreciate just how genuine he sounds while doing it.
The session was also released on iTunes, which I bought. 6 dollars for 6 great songs is a great deal. Plus these are very different versions than were released on the cd. Of the rest of the performances, Lost Continent from the Water disc is another highlight. It is definitely the same song, but it sounds very different than the effect-laden version on Water. Really, there isn't a bad performance in the bunch. I would embed the videos, but Myspace is difficult and won't let me. So, I extremely recommend the performance (link posted below, you can listen to the recordings there as well) and suggest you watch it. I love Thrice, so I will probably buy just about anything they put out. But I think if you like Thrice at all, the session is worth a purchase.
Also, if you have followed Thrice at all, you can see that they have come a long way in the way the look and dress. They went from young post-hardcore rockers to indie rockers with full beards. I really enjoy the way they have developed and have their own signature sound. It really shows that they aren't the same band as they were in The Artist and The Ambulance and Identity Crisis.
Cory, Le Blog
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