Horizons/East

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Horizons/East
Thrice's eleventh studio album cover, HorizonsEast.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2021
Genre
Length42:38
Label Epitaph
Producer
Thrice chronology
Palms
(2018)
Horizons/East
(2021)
Singles from Horizons/East
  1. "Scavengers"
    Released: July 20, 2021
  2. "Robot Soft Exorcism"
    Released: August 11, 2021
  3. "Summer Set Fire to the Rain"
    Released: September 9, 2021
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Hysteria MagStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
New Noise MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Sputnikmusic3.2/5 [7]
Distorted SoundStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Beats Per Minute 55% [9]

Horizons/East is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Thrice. The album was released on September 17, 2021.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dustin Kensrue; all music is composed by Eddie Breckenridge, Riley Breckenridge, Dustin Kensrue, and Teppei Teranishi

No.TitleLength
1."The Color of the Sky"4:53
2."Scavengers"4:52
3."Buried in the Sun"3:01
4."Northern Lights"3:46
5."Summer Set Fire to the Rain"4:22
6."Still Life"5:14
7."The Dreamer"3:56
8."Robot Soft Exorcism"4:24
9."Dandelion Wine"4:34
10."Unitive/East"3:36

Personnel


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