THE NEW THRICE ALBUM COMES OUT TODAY!

The new Thrice album The Alchemy Index, an ambitious four part concept piece, comes out today. Well, half it anyway — Volumes I & II, entitled Fire and Water (Vagrant), are in stores today, while Earth and Air are expected some time in Spring 2008.

If you’re not sold on Thrice’s awesomeness from their first few albums, listen to Fire and Water in their entirety on the band’s MySpace page (up for a limited time only). I recommend the scathing “Firebreather.” While the vocals may be too emo-y for some, I can’t emphasize enough the complexity of this band’s music and arrangements — they are really, really excellent songwriters and musicians. Not to mention, heavy as all fuck when they want to be.

Existing fans of Thrice might also want to check out this audio interview that was conducted last night by our pals over at JamNow.com.

-VN