Thrice are just fucking great. Formerly fixtures of the 2000s post-hardcore wave, they quickly outshone their peers by putting emo, skate punk and white-knuckle thrash together like it was a normal thing to do. The Illusion Of Safety and The Artist In The Ambulance inspired a generation of wannabes – then the band detoured into borderless rock to insure the imitators could never keep up.
In 2023, Thrice have just re-recorded Artist…, and are hot off anniversary shows for both Illusion… and Vheissu to boot. It’s a well-deserved victory lap, as a glance at their discography will prove. Below, Hammer has ranked every studio album to this lot’s name in reverse-order of their genius.
