The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV

Infobox Album | Name = The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
Type = studio
Artist = Thrice


Released = Flagicon|USA April 15, 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Art rock, acoustic rock, folk rock, alternative rock
Length = Air: 24:14
Earth: 20:54
"Total": 45:16
Label = Vagrant
Producer = Thrice
Reviews = * Rockmidgets.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.rockmidgets.com/releases.php?p=1&page=3&id=2665 link]
* AbsolutePunk.net (90%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=313148 link]
* ThePunkSite.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.thepunksite.com/reviews.php?page=album/o_z/thrice_alchemyindex34 link]
*"Alternative Press" Rating|3.5|5
* The Album Project Rating|4|5 [http://thealbumproject.net/2008/04/10/full-review-thrice-the-alchemy-index-vols-3-4/ link]
* Sputnikmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=15799 link]

* Strange Glue rating-10|7 [http://strangeglue.com/reviews/thrice-the-alchemy-index-vols-iii-iv-air-and-earth link] | Last album = "Come All You Weary"
(2008)
This album = "The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV"
(2008)
Next album = |

"The Alchemy Index" is Thrice's fifth studio recording, a four-disc concept album that was split between two releases, the first in October 2007 and the second in April 2008. The band originally planned to release four discs at once, each disc with six tracks representing one of the four elements: "Fire", "Water", "Earth", and "Air". A blog titled [http://www.alchemyindex.com The Alchemy Index] chronicled the album's progress for fans.Billboard.com announced "rock troupe Thrice has the next biggest debut this week at No. 17 with "The Alchemy Index, Vol. 3 & 4: Air & Earth" (Vagrant), selling 21,000 units." This is the second highest debut of a Thrice album, behind The Artist In the Ambulance. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003793091 Mariah Debuts At No. 1 After Monster First Week ] ]

"Volumes III & IV: Air & Earth"

The second half of "The Alchemy Index" was released on April 15, 2008. The first half, "The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II: Fire & Water", was released on October 16, 2007.

The band debuted "Come All You Weary", which is from the "Earth" album, during the short tour leading up to Bamboozle. Videos of the performance can be found on YouTube. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjr9FiAPJ1s "Come All You Weary" live at Bamboozle (Version 1)] . YouTube.com. Last accessed September 26, 2007.] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dImRxy5ph4Q "Come All You Weary" live at Bamboozle (Version 2)] . YouTube.com. Last accessed September 26, 2007.] According to the band, this song is the only song from "The Alchemy Index Vol. IV" that has a full drum kit or any instrument that isn't acoustic. A version of the song professionally recorded by AOL can be found [http://music.aol.com/video/interface-come-all-you-weary/thrice/2057642 here] .

Clips from the songs "Broken Lungs", "Silver Wings", "Moving Mountains", and the previously mentioned "Come All You Weary" were featured in studio videos released by the band before the release of the first half of "The Alchemy Index". These videos can be found on YouTube and MySpace, respectively. Additionally, the songs "Broken Lungs" and "Moving Mountains" made their live debut and can be found in a number of YouTube videos. On March 25th, the Radio One Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter debuted "Daedalus" off the "Air" disc. Interestingly, this is the second song released by Thrice with lyrics about the legend of Daedalus, the other being "The Melting Point of Wax" from their 2003 album The Artist in the Ambulance. March 28th saw the debut of the studio version of "Broken Lungs" on the band's Myspace page. Following on from this, "The Sky Is Falling" was played on the Radio One Punk Show with Mike Davies on April 8th. Both discs were leaked on April 9 by release group FNT. Two days later, the band made the entire album available to stream on their MySpace page.

Track listing

Vol III: Air

#"Broken Lungs" - 4:14
#"The Sky Is Falling" - 4:21
#"A Song for Milly Michaelson" - 5:07
#"Daedalus" - 6:00

#"As the Crow Flies" - 2:22
#"Silver Wings" - 2:10

Vol IV: Earth

#"Moving Mountains" - 2:55
#"Digging My Own Grave" - 3:04
#"The Earth Isn't Humming" (Frodus cover) - 4:58
#"The Lion and the Wolf" - 2:42
#"Come All You Weary" - 4:08

#"Child of Dust" - 3:09

Personnel

* Dustin Kensrue - lead vocals, guitar
* Teppei Teranishi - guitar, keyboards, vocals
* Eddie Breckenridge - bass, vocals
* Riley Breckenridge - drums

References

External links

* [http://www.alchemyindex.com Alchemy Index] - Thrice's studio blog documenting the recording process of the album.