Beggars (album)
Beggars is the seventh studio album by American rock band Thrice. It was released digitally through Vagrant Records in the UK on August 9, 2009, and in the US on August 11, 2009. A physical release containing bonus material was released on September 15, 2009. Background and production Between September 2006 and June 2007, Thrice recorded a project revolving around the elements fire, water, air and earth. Dubbed The Alchemy Index, it was released as two double-discs sets: Vols. I & II: Fire & Water in October 2007, and Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth in April 2008. Writing for Beggars began in January 2009, with the band aiming to make the record "a little more upbeat and energetic" following their two previous projects, Vheissu and The Alchemy Index, which they felt had a "sleepy feeling" to them. Though Kensrue took a break from the writing process to go on a brief US tour later in the month. The Alchemy Index saw the group write to theme-specific elements, and record in a split manner: two of the members would be work on an acoustic song, while drummer Riley Breckenridge was focused on programming for the Water element, or bassist