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Chris DeMakes A Podcast

Ep. 192: Geoff Rickly discusses Thursday's "Signals Over the Air"

Chris DeMakes A Podcast

Chris DeMakes

Music History, Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

4.9923 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week, Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly sits in to discuss the writing and recording of the band’s 2003 single “Signals Over the Air”. Taken from the band’s third album War All the Time, the song is a dynamic amalgamation of melody and aggression, and it’s much rawer than the polished productions that most people would expect from a major label release. In this episode, Geoff dives deep into the inspiration and creation of this landmark single. If you love Chris DeMakes A Podcast and you'd like to support the show and get weekly bonus episodes, head to http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com to sign up for the Supporting Cast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thanks for listening and happy shopping. Hey everybody. Today's guest is Jeff Rickley. Lead vocalist for the post-hardcore band Thursday from New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Together we break down the writing, recording, and inspiration behind the fan favorite single, Signals Over the Air, taken from their 2003 debut

1:26.2

major label album, War All the Time.

1:29.7

Jeff mentioned that the track was the last song penned for the album. They had the

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record recorded but the label felt they were missing a single. The band

1:37.7

reconvene to a farm of Massachusetts to hammer out a few more songs. Jeff

1:42.4

made it sound like this session was more like a party,

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