Thrice

Release Date: 12/26/2025
Format: LP
Label: Hopeless Records
Release type: Yellow Vinyl LP Pressing. 

Essential emo/post-hardcore album

Yellow Vinyl Pressing Limited to 1500 Includes b-side "That Hideous Strength" The Illusion of Safety is the breakthrough post-hardcore album from Thrice, featuring a sharp blend of punk and metal with exceptional lyrics and musicianship. The band wrote two songs per month before recording with producer Brian McTernan (Converge, Cave In) in July 2001 at Salad Days Studios. The Illusion of Safety" is an unmatched album that blended raw, underground authenticity with groundbreaking ambition. It became an immediate and enduring pillar of 21st-century post-hardcore, aging far better than it's many imitators. While perfectly capturing it's era, the album remains timeless, offering new discoveries with each listen rather than just nostalgia.

1. Kill Me Quickly
   
2. A Subtle Dagger
   
3. See You in the Shallows
   
4. Betrayal Is a Symptom
   
5. Deadbolt
   
6. In Years to Come
   
7. The Red Death
   
8. A Living Dance Upon Dead Minds
   
9. Where Idols Once Stood
   
10. Trust
    
11. To Awake and Avenge the Dead
    
12. So Strange I Remember You
    
13. The Beltsville Crucible
    
14. That Hideous Strength