Kill the House Lights

Kill the House Lights
Compilation album / video by
Thursday
ReleasedOctober 30, 2007
Recorded1997–2007
GenreEmo, screamo, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore
LabelVictory
ProducerSal Villanueva
Thursday chronology
A City by the Light Divided
(2006) 		Kill the House Lights
(2007) 		Thursday / Envy
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic(favorable)[1]
Exclaim!Unfavorable[2]
Melodic [3]
Punknews.org[4]

Kill the House Lights is a compilation album by New Jersey rock group Thursday.

Contents

The name of the record derives from a lyric from the song "M. Shepard" from the band's 2003 album War All the Time. The CD features five new songs, two live recordings, a couple of outtakes, and three demos. The DVD features interviews and a concert, which was filmed on December 27, 2006, at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey.[5] They recorded their smaller show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ the next day.

Release

On June 29, 2007, it was announced that the band would be releasing an untitled retrospective album through Victory Records.[6] On August 30, the album's title was revealed: Kill the House Lights, and would be released in October.[7] On September 20, it was revealed that the retrospective would include a mixture of live and demo recordings, as well as new songs.[8] In early October, the group announced they were filming a music video for "Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure" with director Travis Kopach in New York City.[9] On October 16, "Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure" was made available for streaming through the group's Myspace profile. Two days later, the documentary had its debut screening at The Scandinavian House in New York City.[10] Kill the House Lights was released on October 30 through Victory Records.[7] It was promoted with a US tour with Circle Takes the Square and Portugal. The Man throughout the following month.[11][12] The music video for "Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure" was posted online on November 14.[13][14] In February and March 2008, the band toured Australia as part of the Soundwave festival, alongside two headlining shows with Envy on the Coast, The Receiving End of Sirens, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, and Saosin.[15]

Track listing

All music written by Thursday. All lyrics written by Geoff Rickly.

CD

  1. "Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure" (with Tim Kasher) - 4:12
  2. "Dead Songs" - 2:52
  3. "Voices on a String" - 3:33
  4. "Signals Over the Air" (live at Starland Ballroom) - 4:25
  5. "How Long Is the Night?" (original intro) - 6:45
  6. "A Sketch for Time's Arrow" - 1:39
  7. "Panic on the Streets of Health Care City" - 3:15
  8. "The Roar of Far Off Black Jets" - 1:59
  9. "Paris in Flames" (demo) - 4:32
  10. "Telegraph Avenue Kiss" (Rich Costey mix) - 3:42
  11. "Wind Up" (demo) - 4:08
  12. "Music from Kill the House Lights" (demo) - 1:16
  • "A Sketch for Time's Arrow" is a demo of "Time's Arrow" from the subsequent album Common Existence
  • "Panic on the Streets of Health Care City" is an alternate version of "The Other Side Of A Crash/Over And Out (Of Control)" from A City By The Light Divided
  • "Music from Kill the House Lights" is a demo of "In Silence" from the split 12" with Japan's Envy.

Best Buy Bonus Tracks

  1. "Cross Out the Eyes" (live at The Grove) - 4:22
  2. "Steps Ascending" (live at The Grove) - 5:27
  3. "How Long Is the Night?" (live at The Grove) - 7:24

Hot Topic Bonus Tracks

  1. "Concealer" (demo) - 2:23
  2. "Telegraph Avenue Kiss" (demo) - 3:46

DVD

Live Performance (at the Starland Ballroom)

  1. "At This Velocity" - 2:50
  2. "Otherside of the Crash/Over and Out (of Control)" - 4:39
  3. "Paris in Flames" - 4:26
  4. "Autobiography of a Nation" - 3:35
  5. "Understanding in a Car Crash" - 4:12
  6. "Signals Over the Air" - 4:19
  7. "Sugar in the Sacrament" - 4:52
  8. "Jet Black New Year" - 4:44
  9. "Steps Ascending" - 4:19
  10. "Division St." - 4:04

Full Length Movie: Kill the House Lights

  1. Intro: Live from Starland Ballroom, Music: "Otherside of the Crash" (in reverse)
  2. "At This Velocity" - Live at Starland Ballroom
  3. "This Side of Brightness" audio clip of early demo
  4. "The Other Side of the Crash" live at Starland Ballroom
  5. "Mass As Shadows" early demo
  6. "Streaks In the Sky" live in Geoff's basement
  7. "Porcelain" live
  8. "Paris In Flames" live at Starland Ballroom
  9. "In Transmission" live
  10. "Ian Curtis" live at the Melody Bar
  11. "Autobiography of a Nation" live at Starland Ballroom
  12. "Steps Ascending" live in Detroit
  13. "Understanding In a Car Crash" clips from the original music video
  14. "How Long is The Night" audio clip of original intro
  15. "Understanding In A Car Crash" live at Starland Ballroom
  16. "I Am The Killer" instrumental into live footage at Warped Tour
  17. "How Long Is The Night" live at the Warsaw
  18. "Cross Out The Eyes" instrumental mix
  19. "Division Street" live in Detroit
  20. "Roar of Far Off Black Jets" audio clip
  21. "From "Marches And Maneuvers"
  22. "For The Workforce, Drowning" music video clip
  23. "Sugar In The Sacrament" live at Starland Ballroom
  24. "Music From Kill The House Lights"
  25. "Blinding Light" video clip from Taste of Chaos in Australia
  26. "Skate And Surf video Short"
  27. "I1100" instrumental mix
  • The track listing above is of the music featured in documentary entitled "Kill the House Lights".

Bonus material

  1. "I Am the Killer" (Live)
  2. "Moe, Larry & Surly"
  3. "Ballad of Andrew"
  • The recording of "I Am the Killer" is not the recording featured in Kill the House Lights.
  • "Ballad of Andrew" is video of Andrew before he joined as an official band member, working as the runner for War All the Time, doing tasks such as fixing the radiator in the producer's van.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Allmusic review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  2. ^ Synyard, Dave (November 27, 2007). "Thursday Kill The Houselights". Exclaim!. Ian Danzig. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Spinelli, Tom (October 21, 2007). "Thursday - Kill the House Lights". Melodic. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "Punknews.org reviews". 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  5. ^ Roth, Kaj (October 18, 2007). "Thursday "Kill The House Lights" Trackinfo!". Melodic. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Thursday to release retrospective CD/DVD through Victory". Alternative Press. June 29, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Thursday name upcoming album". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. August 30, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  8. ^ Roth, Kaj (September 20, 2007). "Thursday Releases Live Album Feat. New Songs". Melodic. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  9. ^ Spinelli, Tom (October 10, 2007). "Thursday Shoots New Video For A New Song". Melodic. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  10. ^ Paul, Aubin (October 16, 2007). "Thursday: 'Ladies And Gentleman: My Brother, The Failure'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  11. ^ Paul, Aubin (September 6, 2007). "Thursday / Circle Takes the Square". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  12. ^ Paul, Aubin (October 8, 2007). "Portugal. The Man". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  13. ^ Spinelli, Tom (November 14, 2007). "Watch Thursday Video 'lades And Gentlemen: My Brother The Failure'". Melodic. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  14. ^ Paul, Aubin (November 14, 2007). "Thursday: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, My Brother, The Failure'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  15. ^ Paul, Aubin (January 15, 2008). "Thursday (Australia)". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

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