Had COVID-19 occurred about six years before 2020, we probably wouldn’t be having a conversation about Thrice coming to play a concert in St. Petersburg in October.
In 2012, Thrice—known for a songbook featuring “Black Honey,” “Hurricane” and an earth shattering 2003 album The Artist in the Ambulance—announced that it was taking a hiatus. As we music fans all know, there are times when a band says that, and the break never ends. Sometimes, every member either goes solo, or steps out of the limelight entirely.
Luckily, in 2015, Thrice reconvened for a few shows, and released To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere a year later—which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200.
Five years later, it appears that a year off the road did not tear Dustin Kensrue, Teppei Teranishi, and the Breckenridge brothers apart again. In fact, not only is there allegedly new music on the way, but this week, Thrice announced plans to team up with fellow emo bands Touche Amore, and Self Defense Family on a massive U.S. tour this fall—with a relatively early stop happening at St. Petersburg’s Jannus Live on Oct. 2.
Though it’s highly doubtful, hopefully, this isn’t another farewell tour.
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This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2021.