The Dark Pool
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| Released | 25 October 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
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| Length | 42:30 | |||
| Label | UNFD | |||
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The Dark Pool is the debut studio album by Australian alternative metal band Thornhill. It was released on 25 October 2019 through UNFD. It has gained widespread attention leading to publicity with rock and heavy-metal focused journals and news sites.[3][4] The band had its first headline Australian tour in November 2019, visiting Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, debuting The Dark Pool live at 'Stay Gold' in Melbourne.[5] The Dark Pool was selected by Triple J as the station's 'Feature Album' for the first week of December 2019.[6]
Punktastic stated in a review, "There's plenty of ingredients here that, with a little more of a thorough mix, could create one hell of a tasty recipe. There's the technical riff work of Northlane, the raw screams of The Devil Wears Prada, the melodic vocal intricacies of Tesseract, the soul-crushing breakdowns of Heart Of A Coward – there is plenty of power here, but not quite enough to really make a lasting impact. They've clearly done their homework and have studied the modern heavy music scene quite intensely, but there's too much borrowing going on and not enough of their own flair. They clearly have the ability to sprinkle a little of their own pizzazz over their music, they perhaps just need to be more generous with their next record."[7]
On 5 April 2020 a glitch in Triple J Darwin's broadcast system saw Thornhill make headlines when track "Lily and the Moon" was accidentally played on public radio on-loop for nearly four hours from approximately 4:30 to 8:30 am.[8] Despite not touring during most of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thornhill released an instrumental edition of The Dark Pool on 1 May 2020, and an isolated vocals edition of The Dark Pool on 29 May 2020.[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Thornhill.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Views from the Sun" | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Nurture" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "The Haze" | 4:11 |
| 4. | "Red Summer" | 4:24 |
| 5. | "In My Skin" | 4:06 |
| 6. | "All the Light We Don't See" | 1:51 |
| 7. | "Lily & the Moon" | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Coven" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Human" | 4:27 |
| 10. | "Netherplace" | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Where We Go When We Die" | 5:05 |
| Total length: | 42:30 | |
Charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 20 |
References
- ↑ "StackPath". amnplify.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Thornhill – Coven (New Music) – Depth Magazine". 4 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Thornhill Interview: Deep Into The Dark Pool – Depth Magazine". Depth_Mag. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Alexander, Al Newstead & Mitch (5 December 2019). "Thornhill just made a career-defining album, and it's only their first". triple j. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Thornhill: 'The Dark Pool' Tour @ Stay Gold, Melbourne – Depth Magazine". 18 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ↑ "Thornhill – The Dark Pool". triple j. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Thornhill – 'The Dark Pool'". www.punktastic.com. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sorry/you're welcome for the four hour loop of a single metal riff, Darwin". triple j. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ "Thornhill release vocals only edition of 'The Dark Pool'". nme. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Thornhill – The Dark Pool". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2026.