The past couple of days have not been good ones. Yesterday, I, along with the rest of the Philadelphia community, lost Harry. Today, my grandfather wound up back in the hospital for the third time in 6 months, and in my opinion, he's never making it past a nursing home. His illness is going to drag out for a long time, and it's not going to be pretty. On top of that, I had one of those famous 12 hour days at my client site, and it was just an ugly, miserable day. Needless to say, by the time I left work, I was pretty much ready to explode.
Luckily, I had a solution close-by in my CD player as soon as I got into my car. I popped in Thursday's new album, Common Existence and just lost myself. I turned the volume as high as it could go without making me deaf, and rocked the fuck out during the hour car ride back from Princeton. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for a body cooped up in an office all day with tons of aggression, angst, and anger ready to explode from his body than listening to a Thursday album. This time was extra special, as I had some serious steam to blow off. I literally screamed for an hour the entire way home. And you know what? As soon as I turned down the radio and stepped out of the car, I felt 1000x better.
Like I said, when you're locked in a conference room for 12 hours straight, you simply want to bounce off the walls, especially when you've been inundated with bad news for 36 hours. Thursday is a fantastic way to get some of that aggression off your chest. Their music is cathartic, and makes any emotion you've possibly been feeling spill out with ease. One caveat though, Thursday isn't for everyone. There's lots of screaming, and it may come off as a little "emo." But if you want to get something off your chest without calling a best friend to talk to, I couldn't recommend anyone better. Trust me, Joe Dopirak will attest.
- Kaps
Song of the Day: Thursday - You Were the Cancer
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