August 4, 2009 – Vagrant Records announces a new in-store release date for the sixth studio album from Southern California’s Thrice. Beggars leaked in mid-July resulting in a pushed up digital release exclusively on iTunes on August 11. September 18th will be the day that the newly beefed up physical CD will be in stores in Germany. The package will include a download card featuring five bonus tracks – two b-sides (“Answered,” “Red Telephone”) which were recorded during the Beggars sessions, as well as a hot-off-the-presses studio rendition of The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” – a fan favorite from recent Thrice live shows. Also included are a remix of “All The World Is Mad” by Free The Robots and a remix of “Circles” by Textual.
Guitarist Teppei Teranishi produced all fifteen tracks at his New Grass Studios in Southern California.
“I’m really excited about this record,” said vocalist/guitarist Dustin Kensrue. “Beggars is more visceral and more raw – both in the songwriting and in the overall sound. It moves with a different energy than any of our past records. It was born out of us playing together in a room, almost as a backlash to the giant headgame that was The Alchemy Index.”
Drummer Riley Breckenridge added, “"With The Alchemy Index, I think we broadened the scope of what we can do as a band, and while the writing and recording of the four EPs was a great learning experience, it was definitely an arduous, and at times, fragmented process. Beggars was a chance for us to apply the things we'd learned and push ourselves to create something more cohesive. At the root of that, was the four of us getting back in our studio, focusing on jamming song ideas out until they felt right, letting 'happy accidents' happen, and building on the energy of the four of us being in the same room together playing live."
Immediately after finishing Beggars, Thrice performed a few high-profile shows including Bamboozle Left and the first eight dates of the Vans Warped Tour. The quartet will be rejoining the Warped tour in August to perform on the last five dates in California. While on the road, Thrice debuted two new songs from Beggars, “All The World Is Mad” and “The Weight”. “
Thrice is Dustin Kensrue - vocals/guitar, Teppei Teranishi – guitar/piano, Edward Breckenridge – bass, and Riley Breckenridge – drums.
