After three entirely uncompromising-- yet totally catchy-- lo-fi pop punk platters for Seattle's Sub Pop Records, the Portland pummelers of the Thermals revealed back in July that they might just be looking around for a new label to help with the fourth one.Quite a few imprints came calling, and after much deliberation, the core unit of Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster settled on Olympia, Washington-born, Portland-based Kill Rock Stars. Thermals frontman Hutch Harris says that KRS offered the group "everything [they] wanted" for their new deal. Kill Rock Stars will issue the Thermals' fourth LP, Now We Can See, on April 7, with a leadoff 7" due March 10. We reached out to Harris this week via e-mail just as the ink was drying on their new contract to discuss the deal, the current state of both Now We Can See and the band's lineup, his nearly severed finger (complete with photos!), and nude pix of a pop icon.read more