Trench
| Twenty One Pilots
Trench
Trench is the fifth studio album by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, released on October 5, 2018, through Fueled by Ramen. It is the band's first studio album in three years, and its serves as the follow-up to the band's fourth studio album Blurryface (2015). Recorded in secret during a year-long public silence, while it seems to be a concept album, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun have both stated that it is not. The album explores mental health, suicide and doubt, themes prominently featured in the band's previous works, framed in the metaphorical city of Dema and the surrounding valley known as "Trench". -Wikipedia
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Variety
The most anticipated alt-rock release of the year turns out to be a concept album about depression, with some YA fantasy elements and a provocative take on celebrity suicides.
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The Red and Black
Though “Trench” isn’t a sonically cohesive album, it really doesn’t seem to need it. The record is strong on its own even with little “eh” moments here and there.
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Daily Bruin
“Trench” is a cohesive album – but not in a good way.
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The Post
Trench has a slow, relaxed, indie touch.
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Rolling Stone
Maybe it’s the healthy coating of dubby, post-industrial reverb clouding up the record – but instead of emotive kids turning the radio dials, Trench has more of a cohesive sound and feel.
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Billboard
Trench matches the stakes of Blurryface and all its demon-conquering, genre-blurring catharsis, while raising it one on the sonic universe holding it all together.
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NME
A concept album about a fictional destination, the duo's fifth album is a rich but accessible record that plays fast and loose with the genre.
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The Review
The album is remarkably enjoyable. Perhaps it is less of a rock-out war cry, but more of a calm acknowledgment of the people struggles.
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USA Today
Twenty One Pilots score again with another genre-bending album, 'Trench'+
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Strife Magazine
All of Twenty One Pilots’ previous albums have been unique and special in their own way, but ‘Trench’ is like nothing that they have released before.
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The State Journal Register
the album is inspirational, beautiful and exactly what fans of the band needed.
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The Needle Drop
Twenty One Pilots take their catchy songwriting, genre blending, and emotional lyricism up a few notches on Trench.
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Mancunion
All in all, the album is coherent in the narrative it aims to create, and variable in the sounds it produces.
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Kent Wired
Twenty One Pilots’ fifth studio album, “Trench,” offers the best sound the band has recorded yet, with tremendous attention to details.
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The Carolinian
Trench is the beginning of a new musical era for Twenty-One Pilots.
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Jesusfreak Hideout
Strong melodies are largely absent until the last quarter of the album, and the over-reliance on hip-hop seems to undermine much of what Trench set out to accomplish.
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The Lantern
The album is a refreshing step back toward Twenty One Pilots’ earlier days.
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The New York Times
Columbus band unexpectedly broke out big with the anxiety anthems of “Blurryface.” Can they keep doing things their own way in the face of mass success?
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Allmusic
Although Trench requires a few spins to really register, it's ultimately rewarding and fully immersive, delivering a depth and gravity at which Twenty One Pilots only hinted on Blurryface.
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Cryptic Rock
Trench is a epic return from Twenty One Pilots.
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Young Post
Five albums in, and this band certainly aren’t stuck in the mud, as they’ve delivered one of their best records so far.
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Sputnik Music
The growth that Twenty One Pilots have shown in Trench is nothing short of spectacular.
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PopMatters
On Trench, arena-pop duo Twenty One Pilots shift to a more tasteful, sensitive approach to mixed but mostly positive results.
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Spinnaker
it’s great to see that the duo from Columbus, Ohio still has the chops to make a fantastic album.
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The Musical Hype
Following a three-year hiatus, Grammy-winning alternative duo Twenty One Pilots make a strong comeback on their fifth studio album, Trench.
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MSU Reporter
I wouldn’t call myself a fan just yet, but I would say that I am excited to see where they go from here.
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Melodic Magazine
In Trench, the production is solid and flawless.
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Dead Press
the group have ventured into new sonic avenues as shown on fifth album, ‘Trench’.
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The Sound Board
Twenty One Pilots’ presence on this album embodies its title and artwork almost perfectly that stings the most, lying at their lowest ebb and waiting for the vultures to come and pick them clean.
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Spectrum Pulse
it does open intriguing avenues for twenty-one pilots going forward, so we'll see where this goes.
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Gig goer
With unexpected surprises at every turn, Twenty One Pilots return with an enthralling album that will push them towards even greater heights.
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The Breeze
Whether a longtime fan or a new listener, the message that’s carried in the album may resonate with anyone, and that’s something worth valuing.
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The Harbinger
“Trench” is very lyrical and extremely heavy on the metaphors and analogies to the lore and although it is much slower and repetitive than their usual songs it still manages to keep the same feeling of their previous albums
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Music in Minnesota
Trench is a masterpiece.
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Barricade
The album represents another step in their musical evolution, varying from heavy hitting emotional lyrics from Joseph to get-out-of-your-seat-and-dance infectious beats.
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The Daily Nebraskan
“Trench” displays Twenty One Pilots’ versatility, both lyrically and musically, while ushering in new sounds that blend seamlessly with the band’s established sound.
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Acorn
With releases like Trench flooding the music industry, it is clear that we need ska now more than ever.
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Stitched Sound
Trench is the kind of album that you have to sit with in order to fully appreciate but in the current moment, it’s far from what I expected, and not in a good way.
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Beat
Trench is an album you definitely do not want to miss out on.
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Chicago Sun Times
Twenty One Pilots’ terrific new ‘Trench’ is as good as breakthrough ‘Blurryface’
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Vigilante Detective
Trench is definitely worth a listen.
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Coup de Main
The album is truly a journey filled with catchy hooks and contemplative lyrics along the way.
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Stars and Scars
[Twenty One Pilots] new album Trench proves they are a dominant duo, and they are here to stay.
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Ellipsis
Trench has an underlying atmosphere of support and encouragement, and the album represents an uplifting experience, in spite of the dark themes it revolves around.
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Hopkins RP
This album is great and deserves a listen multiple times over because there are so many minute details that are caught with each new listen.
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The Blue and Gold
While it may not be as appealing to many newcomers, Trench manages to soar over the quality of their last album.
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Ignite
Although it brings the listener through a rough rollercoaster ride, it is definitely worth the trip.
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The Daily Trojan
Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Trench’ is a cohesive, introspective project
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The Stormy Petrel
If you are a fan of albums with a storyline, or alternative rock mixed with electronic elements then this album is perfect for you.
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Punktastic
Trench feels like an extension of Blurryface, but this time, it is more inclusive of their fan base.
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Free Press Online
Trench offers a different lineup from the rest of the band's catalogue.
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Ocolly
The band was sure to not disappoint fans with this album while staying true to their sound.
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Immortal Reviews
twenty one pilots battle their minds in Trench, one of their most personal and dynamic efforts yet.
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The Daily Star
As good as the album is, it's not flawless.
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The Collegian
‘Trench’ brilliantly uses variety of styles to explain clear, vulnerable message.
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Thomas Bleach
Sadly ‘Trench’ disappoints with a confusing concept and storyline that has a bluntly weak delivery.
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Crusader Nation
The unique sound that each song carries brings you to a different place each time, not to mention that the colors for this new era are very aesthetically pleasing.
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vibeRANT
Make no mistake though, this is the duo’s most mature and stylistically consistent effort to date.
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The Emory Wheel
A bit more refinement would go a long way for the band, but this is undoubtedly a big step in the right direction.
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Madison.com
"Trench" also finds Joseph in a confident mood, lyric-wise, even mocking songwriting itself.
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The Lamron
Trench is more of the same from Twenty One Pilots, but it is a more refined and nuanced evolution of the nonconformist style they cling to without apparent regrets.
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Kill Your Stereo
fingers crossed that there are different sounds and more experimental vibes to be had from the wider whole of ‘Trench‘.
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The Northern Star
“Trench” is a much more mature record than its predecessor, both sonically and lyrically.
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The Herald
Trench merely underscores Twenty One Pilots as a credible world force and in the midst of the esotericism, their life-affirming, inventive and darn catchy music can still shine through.
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Tuned Up
Trench explores these places with poise and a dash of surrealism. It’s interesting and emotional.
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It's All Dead
They (again) topped an album that didn’t seem top-able. Take some time to digest this album; I think there’s a lot we can glean from it.
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HMV
For those interested in a deeper dive, there’s an awful lot to get into here, which will suit the band’s rabid fanbase just fine.
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InFlight
Overall, this album seemed worth the wait over the course of the one year hiatus and is definitely worth the listen.
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Radio Rutgers
Although Trench presents itself as a low-key album, with more songs sounding mellow and mature, it still contains poignant messages.
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Linden Link
Trench is raw, they don’t hold back. The true deep, dark lyrics are hidden behind upbeat, happy instrumental tracks.
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The Roosevelt Review
The album is confirmed to discuss all about the world of Trench, the anxiety issues that people want to get away from
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The Wrangler
this new album is defiantly different than past albums. A central story is being told throughout each song, something the band had never done before.
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