Synopsis

Thursday deliver an intense performance of "Signals Over The Air" in a stark, restless video shaped by rapid cuts, close-ups, and a deliberately uneasy visual atmosphere. The band's physical energy mirrors the song's themes of isolation, sexual identity, and communication distorted by mass media. Rather than presenting a conventional narrative, the video emphasizes Geoff Rickly's confrontational vocal performance and the tension between private emotion and the public signals constantly surrounding it.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released on August 28, 2003, shortly before the release of Thursday's third album, *War All the Time*.

• "Signals Over The Air" was released to radio on August 12, 2003, as the album's second single.

• The song became Thursday's biggest US hit, reaching No. 30 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. It also reached No. 62 on the UK Singles Chart.

• Geoff Rickly described the song as an attempt to understand his own sexual identity, discomfort with masculinity, and the way mass media turns sexuality into a commercial product.

• Rickly specifically liked the contradiction of a song criticizing the media's treatment of sexuality being broadcast on radio and television.

• The track was written after much of *War All the Time* had already been recorded. The band reconvened at a farmhouse studio in Massachusetts to create additional material after the label felt the album needed a stronger single.

• The song's angular guitar writing was influenced by Gang of Four's 1979 album *Entertainment!*.

• Keyboard player Tim Giles contributed to the recorded version of the song, adding another texture to Thursday's otherwise guitar-heavy sound.

• The video was among the Thursday clips that received exposure on MTV2 during the band's major-label period.