Emo/Post-hardcore veterans Thrice have announced the release of their new full-length album, ‘Horizons/West’, arriving October 3 via Epitaph Records (Bad Religion, Converge, Every Time I Die, La Dispute, Pianos Become The Teeth…). Serving as a direct sequel to 2021’s ‘Horizons/East’, the record continues the band’s sonic evolution while deepening their exploration of urgent, timely themes.
The announcement comes alongside the album’s lead single, « Gnash » with a dark, atmospheric visualizer. The track delivers everything fans crave from Thrice : cinematic post-rock textures, razor-sharp riffs, and Dustin Kensrue’s unmistakable vocal grit.
“This is the first time we leaned into something that felt like a direct continuation, like a sequel to a previous album,” Kensrue says. Where ‘Horizons/East’ thrived on experimentation and emotional nuance, Horizons/West ups the ante with urgent rhythms, widescreen soundscapes, and unflinching lyrical clarity.
Produced and engineered entirely by the band at New Grass Studios—alongside mixer and co-producer Scott Evans, with mastering by Matthew J. Barnhart—‘Horizons/West’ reflects Thrice’s steadfast DIY spirit. The same team previously collaborated on the band’s 2023 reimagining of their seminal ‘The Artist in the Ambulance (Revisited)’.
Lyrically, Kensrue says, the record tackles personal identity, societal distortion, and digital-era anxiety:
“A lot of this record is about parsing reality. We’re constantly being influenced by algorithms, by fear, by our own social echo chambers. ‘Horizons/West’ tries to pull the curtain back on some of that.”
…Tracklist…
01. Blackout
02. Gnash
03. Albatross
04. Undertow
05. Holding On
06. Dusk
07. The Dark Glow
08. Crooked Shadows
09. Distant Suns
10. Vesper Light
11. Unitive/West
