In keeping with the recent positivity of this blog, let's review another one of my favourite albums from the last decade, twenty one pilots' Trench. twenty one pilots are an interesting band; they have their own bizarre muse that they follow, which lies out of step with most of alt rock these days. But it works for them. Many people have pointed to this album as twenty one pilots' best work yet, and I'd have to agree. This is an album where it feels like everything built up from the previous albums, particularly Blurryface, comes to a head. twenty one pilots have always been an ambitious band, but Trench is where you can pretty safely start taking them seriously. I'm sorry, but there are more than a few moments on Blurryface that just take me out of the experience. It's all a bit too theatrical. Trench feels like it's an evolution of Blurryface, taking some of the musical elements and turning the album into a more mature sound. Also, this is a side note, but this album cover just looks cool. I like birds.
I'd argue that there's not a bad track on this album and that it's near-perfect. I may have done some light trimming here and there, but it'd be hard for me to really cut any of these songs. They all come from a place of honesty and maturity in twenty one pilots' music. And this is definitely an album that should have brought rock back into the mainstream. Sadly, what we're left with these days are Brendon Urie's sugarcoated leftovers from when he stopped caring. twenty one pilots care very much, in contrast, and it shows. Stellar album.
9/10
Best Tracks: "Jumpsuit", "My Blood", "Chlorine", "Neon Gravestones", "The Hype", "Bandito", "Legend"
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