Kill the House Lights is a compilation album by New Jersey rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 group Thursday

Thursday (band)

Thursday were an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Formed in 1997, the group has released six full-length albums, their most recent being No Devolución, which was released in April 2011 on Epitaph Records...

. The album includes many unreleased versions of older songs as well as three new songs. It also includes a DVD with a documentary on the band and live performances. The name of the record derives from a lyric from the song "M. Shepard" from the band's 2003 album War All the Time.

Thursday announced they would be filming a live album on December 27, 2006, at Starland Ballroom

Starland Ballroom

The Starland Ballroom is a concert venue located in Sayreville, New Jersey, USA. Opening night was December 7, 2003 and featured a performance by former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth...

 in Sayreville, NJ. They recorded their smaller show at Maxwell's

Maxwell's

Maxwell's is a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey that also has a restaurant. The intimate venue often attracts a wide variety of acts looking for a change from the New York City concert spaces across the river.-History:...

 in Hoboken, NJ the next day.

Tracklisting

• All music written by Thursday
  Thursday (band)
  Thursday were an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Formed in 1997, the group has released six full-length albums, their most recent being No Devolución, which was released in April 2011 on Epitaph Records...
  
  
• All lyrics written by Geoff Rickly
  Geoff Rickly
  Geoffrey William Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly (born March 8, 1979 is the lead singer and songwriter of Thursday, an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released six studio albums. Rickly grew up in Dumont, New Jersey...
  
  

CD

1. "Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure" (with Tim Kasher
   Tim Kasher
   Tim Kasher is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and The Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha based record label Saddle Creek Records. Prior to those bands, Kasher was in a band called Slowdown Virginia...
   
   ) - 4:12
2. "Dead Songs" - 2:52
3. "Voices on a String" - 3:33
4. "Signals Over the Air
   Signals Over the Air
   "Signals Over the Air" is the first single from War All the Time and the first major label single from the band, reaching #30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart...
   
   " (Live at Starland Ballroom
   Starland Ballroom
   The Starland Ballroom is a concert venue located in Sayreville, New Jersey, USA. Opening night was December 7, 2003 and featured a performance by former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth...
   
   ) - 4:25
5. "How Long Is the Night?" (Original Intro) - 6:45
6. "A Sketch for Time's Arrow" - 1:39
7. "Panic on the Streets of Health Care City
   New Brunswick, New Jersey
   New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
   
   " - 3:15
8. "The Roar of Far Off Black Jets" - 1:59
9. "Paris in Flames" (Demo) - 4:32
10. "Telegraph Avenue Kiss" (Rich Costey
    Rich Costey
    Rich Costey is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with many bands including Muse, Cave In, Thursday, Franz Ferdinand, Glasvegas, The Mars Volta, Doves, Bloc Party, Ontronik , Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Supergrass, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Nine...
    
     Mix) - 3:42
11. "Wind-Up" (Demo) - 4:08
12. "Music from Kill the House Lights" (Demo) - 1:16

• "A Sketch for Time's Arrow" is a demo of "Time's Arrow" from the subsequent album Common Existence
  Common Existence
  Common Existence is the fifth full-length album from post-hardcore band Thursday. It was released on February 17, 2009 on Epitaph Records. The band began recording at Dave Fridmann's Tarbox Road Studios on August 11, 2008...
  
  
• "Music from Kill the House Lights" is a demo of "In Silence" from the split 12" with Japan's Envy.

Best Buy Bonus Tracks

13. "Cross Out the Eyes" (Live at The Grove
    The Grove of Anaheim
    The City National Grove of Anaheim is an indoor, live music venue in Anaheim, California operated by Nederlander Concerts of Los Angeles. Its approximate capacity is 1,700....
    
    ) - 4:22


14. "Steps Ascending" (Live at The Grove) - 5:27


15. "How Long Is the Night?" (Live at The Grove) - 7:24

Hot Topic Bonus Tracks

13. "Concealer" (Demo) - 2:23


14. "Telegraph Avenue Kiss" (Demo) - 3:46

Live Performance (at the Starland Ballroom)

1. "At This Velocity" - 2:50
2. "Otherside of the Crash/Over and Out (of Control)" - 4:39
3. "Paris in Flames" - 4:26
4. "Autobiography of a Nation" - 3:35
5. "Understanding in a Car Crash" - 4:12
6. "Signals Over the Air" - 4:19
7. "Sugar in the Sacrament" - 4:52
8. "Jet Black New Year" - 4:44
9. "Steps Ascending" - 4:19
10. "Division St." - 4:04

DVD

1. Intro: Live from Starland Ballroom, Music: "Otherside of the Crash" (in reverse)
2. "At This Velocity" - Live at Starland Ballroom
3. "This Side of Brightness" audio clip of early demo
4. "The Other Side of the Crash" live at Starland Ballroom
5. "Mass As Shadows" early demo
6. "Streaks In the Sky" live in Geoff's basement
7. "Porcelain" live
8. "Paris In Flames" live at Starland Ballroom
9. "In Transmission" live
10. "Ian Curtis" live at the Melody Bar
11. "Autobiography of a Nation" live at Starland Ballroom
12. "Steps Ascending" live in Detroit
13. "Understanding In a Car Crash" clips from the original music video
14. "How Long is The Night" audio clip of original intro
15. "Understanding In A Car Crash" live at Starland Ballroom
16. "I Am The Killer" instrumental into live footage at Warped Tour
17. "How Long Is The Night" live at the Warsaw
18. "Cross Out The Eyes" instrumental mix
19. "Division Street" live in Detroit
20. "Roar of Far Off Black Jets" audio clip
21. From "Marches And Maneuvers"
22. "For The Workforce, Drowning" music video clip
23. "Sugar In The Sacrament" live at Starland Ballroom
24. "Music From Kill The House Lights"
25. "Blinding Light" video clip from Taste of Chaos in Australia
26. "Skate And Surf video Short"
27. "I1100" instrumental mix
    • The track listing above is of the music featured in documentary entitled "Kill the House Lights".

The following is the track listing from an annual New Year's Eve show recorded in December of 2006 at the Starland Ballroom which is included on the DVD.

1. "At This Velocity"
2. "Other Side of the Crash"
3. "Paris in Flames"
4. "Autobiography of a Nation"
5. "Understanding in a Car Crash"
6. "Signals Over the Air"
7. "Sugar in the Sacrament"
8. "Jet Black New Year"
9. "Steps Ascending"
10. "Division St."

Bonus material

1. "I Am the Killer" (Live)
2. "Moe, Larry & Surly"
3. "Ballad of Andrew"
   • The recording of "I Am the Killer" is not the recording featured in Kill the House Lights.
   • "Ballad of Andrew" is video of Andrew before he joined as an official band member, working as the runner for War All the Time, doing tasks such as fixing the radiator in the producer's van.

Personnel

• Geoff Rickly
  Geoff Rickly
  Geoffrey William Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly (born March 8, 1979 is the lead singer and songwriter of Thursday, an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released six studio albums. Rickly grew up in Dumont, New Jersey...
  
   - vocals
• Tom Keeley - guitar, vocals
• Steve Pedulla - guitar, vocals
• Tim Payne - bass guitar
• Tucker Rule - drums
• Andrew Everding - keyboards, synthesizers, vocals