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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 1d

That’s on the Mt. Rushmore of bad country for sure.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 1d

Most ballparks seem dedicated to finding the absolute worst country music on the planet.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, Russ.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 6d

Second Town Portal single just dropped and my brain is radiating. It’s so good. Like some crazy fusion of Shiner, Isis, Swervedriver, and Meshuggah flipped on its head, twisted, and warped to create its own beautiful, singular thing. tidal.com/browse/track...

Town Portal - Touching Grass

Listen to Touching Grass on TIDAL

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 7d

Co-signed.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 7d

🙏🏻

Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 7d

Major props to @gse.bsky.social for wrangling all the noise we threw at him and managing to mix it in a way that is powerful and dynamic without being abrasively loud, and layered and immersive without losing clarity. He’s an actual wizard.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 7d

Very proud that we made a heavy-ish record in 2025 without drum samples, reamps, DIs, crazy editing, etc. The only way we’re gonna push back against this AI slop masquerading as “art” is to keep shit real.

THRICE @thriceofficial.bsky.social · 7d

Our new album ‘Horizons/West’ has been out for about a week now! What are your favorite songs? thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 9d

Appreciate that!

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 9d

Many people are saying this is the best 12th album released last Friday. tidal.com/browse/album...

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 10d

Verbal soft-serve.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 11d

Fo Undertow, yes. And some of the interstitial ambient stuff. Dustin did Blackout and Dark Glow. For Blackout, I re-recorded the programmed loop on my kit. Dark Glow we left the loop the same as Dustin’s programmed stuff on the demo.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 11d

I wrote a few words about the new @thriceofficial.bsky.social record Horizons/West, interviewed myself about some drum-specific recording-type things, and explained why we chose not to write a song about Travis Kelce's wiener. hermitology.com/post/7965811...

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horse massacre @torqpenderloin.bsky.social · Jul 15

everyone's talking about some guy. who cares.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 12d

That’s the Dodger Bullpen Preparedness Kit.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

🎯

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

Also, what if you decided to spend the minutes you burnt crafting posts about the new Beyond Popular Artist Record and devoted those to listening to the new Thrice record instead?

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

A controversial stance.

Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

I’m gonna post some longer form thoughts about the record and some tech details for drum nerds over the weekend, but in the meantime I wanna thank you for listening and ask you kindly to share the music you love with the people around you. It’s a win for all parties involved. 🙏🏻

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

🙏🏻

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

Major thanks to @gse.bsky.social for doing a phenomenal mixing job on this. We threw a lot of tracks at him, and he managed to sort them all out and make the record sound massive without losing dynamics or clarity. The man is an actual wizard.

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 13d

Horizons/West is finally out! I hope you’ll give it a spin, and I hope there’s something within these 11 tracks that resonates with you. I find new ways to connect with it and/or let it take me somewhere it each time I listen to it. Really, really proud of this one on many levels.

THRICE @thriceofficial.bsky.social · 13d

Our new album 'Horizons/West' is out now. thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 14d

This is incredible. youtu.be/nM3HXaa4A8E?...

Thrice - Horizons / West Album Review!

YouTube video by Jimmy Watkins

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Riley Breckenridge @rileybreck.bsky.social · 14d

I didn’t play it. Just wrote it. I leave the guitar playing to the pros.