Band: THANK YOU DRIVER
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Metal / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Math Metal / Mathcore / Chaotic Hardcore
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Metal / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Math Metal / Mathcore / Chaotic Hardcore
Related artists: ?.
Country: Langley, British Columbia CANADA
Years Active: 2020-present
For fans of: Thumbscrew, .gif from god, Hayworth, Dillinger Escape Plan, Black Matter Device, Poison The Well, Unearth, Under The Pier, Wreck Of The Minotaur, Shai Hulud, Deftones, (early) Codeseven, and Ion Dissonance.
Country: Langley, British Columbia CANADA
Years Active: 2020-present
For fans of: Thumbscrew, .gif from god, Hayworth, Dillinger Escape Plan, Black Matter Device, Poison The Well, Unearth, Under The Pier, Wreck Of The Minotaur, Shai Hulud, Deftones, (early) Codeseven, and Ion Dissonance.
Label(s): Self Released / Zegema Beach Records
A few months back I was introduced to Langley BC's very young quartet THANK YOU DRIVER via their 'Nothing You Do Can Stop Us' three-song EP which cracked open my skull. It's so good. So I helped release it. Then I went to a show and shot some footage for a music video. Then Trilly edited it. Now we're here. Let's go.
2020 'Thank You Driver' opener "An Aggressive Display of Screaming and Acceptance" begins like Deftones but quickly switches to noodley emo, which is super surprising considering the band's two 2022 EPs sounding nothing like either of those things. The song as well as the next wo songs on the album follow this formula with varying degrees of success; lots of spoken word, layers of vocals, hard/soft dynamics, noodles, emo, post-hardcore/post-metal, and the like. Closer "Heartbreaks and Openers, Pt. 2" is probably my pick for best track as it focuses on the heavy and when the chill moments pop up the guitar tone sounds fantastic, combining into and early Codeseven meets Snapcase hybrid.
In early 2022 the band released 'They Taught Us How To Read In Nam' which is a complete pivot from their preceding material as the band obviously got hard into The Dillinger Escape Plan and early 2000s metalcore. Even with all the same members they switched to super techy metalcore without a hint of emo, and therefore these three songs fucking shred. The vocals are also very different and are rabid and on the lower end of the screaming spectrum. "Interview With B. Rice" goes apeshit immediately and brings in some extremely nifty instrumentals come 1:45 that remind me of Unearth. "Rich In Bootstraps" has a bit of a Shai Hulud feel to it with those swirling guitars and introspective vocals but hot damn that breakdown and subsequent shift halfway through the song is badass. Closer and title track "They Taught Me How to Read in Nam" is more experimental than the first two but opens with some nasty chugs and gutteral vocals and contains some serious guitary wizardry and multiple screamers. Mmmmm baby. Appetite whet.
In late 2022 the band showcased their growth over the past few months and delivered one of my absolute favourite EPs of the year with 'Nothing You Do Can Stop This'. The math is still there but the band delves into myspace/grind and come out sounding like a mixture of Thumbscrew, .gif from god, and Poison The Well. And they fucking nail that shit. Right from the 10-second mark in opener "Dyer Blueprint" the listener is catapulted into a tornado of chugs, wild solos, stop/starts, and shrieking maniacal vocals. The song sounds like the band stepped into warp drive as the dizzying shifts and aural onslaught seems to occur at every possible moment, leaving just 15 seconds of breathing room at its close. If the opener is a team of snipers then follow-up "A Motion Picture Fantasia" is a racecar/stream-roller that flattens any human it its path. Everything is stepped up on this release, and it culminates in closer and lead single "Virgil Scump" which really pushes the Poison The Well-esque spoken word to the forefront, embraces more accessible transitions, and boasts the EP's longest length.
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DISCOGRAPHY
2020 - Thank You Driver cdEP (stream/donate/download here) / [buy from Zegema Beach Records USA here]
2022 - They Taught Us How To Read In Nam cdEP (stream/donate/download here) / [buy from Zegema Beach Records USA here]
2022 - Nothing You Do Can Stop This cd/cassetteEP (stream/donate/download here) / [buy from Zegema Beach Records USA here]
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(2022) THANK YOU DRIVER - "Dyer Blueprint" (from 'Nothing You Do Can Stop This') official music video EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE!!!
(2022) THANK YOU DRIVER - "A Motion Picture Fantasia" (from 'Nothing You Do Can Stop This')
(2022) THANK YOU DRIVER - "Virgil Scump" (from 'Nothing You Do Can Stop This')
(2022) THANK YOU DRIVER - "They Taught Me How to Read in Nam" (from 'They Taught Us How To Read In Nam')
(2022) THANK YOU DRIVER - "Rich in Bootstraps" (from 'They Taught Us How To Read In Nam') official music video
(2020) THANK YOU DRIVER - "Heartbreaks and Openers, Pt. 2" (from 'Thank You Driver')
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