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NAME: The ThermalsPROGRESS REPORT: Releasing their fourth LP, Now We Can See, on April 7 (Kill Rock Stars). Recorded at Supernatural Sound in Oregon City.Portland's Thermals have released three LPs of consistently great punk rock. The changes between them have been of degrees: on each album they get a little more polished, a little more political, a little angrier. The band's next LP, Now We Can See, was written during 2007 and 2008, but there's something about it that seems to fit the mood of the country: it's a little more optimistic. "People say 'cautious optimism.' That's how we're approaching the first Obama term. But I think that's a pretty good phrase. That's gonna describe our record too," says guitarist/vocalist Hutch Harris. The band's 2006 record, The Body, The Blood, The Machine, drew the map of a country ruled by fascists and Christian extremists, where the only means of escape was running away and never looking behind you. This record finds a sort of self-awareness through another escape: death. "When we say, 'Now we can see,' we say, 'Now that we're dead we know everything and now we finally learned something,' explains Harris. "There's a lot of death on the record. It definitely picks up where we left off on the last album. It's songs about life from the perspective of death."
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The last we heard from the Thermals about Now We Can See, the band's upcoming fourth LP (and Kill Rock Stars debut), vocalist Hutch Harris said it was going to be "Long, for us." However unlikely that might have seemed for the consistently laconic Oregon punkers, we have our first bit of proof with the title track "Now We Can See", coming in at ...
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The indie-store-friendly Record Store Day promotions are stacking up, with exclusives from Sonic Youth, Beck, Jay Reatard, and Pavement already in the works.And here's another one for the April 18 extravaganza: The Thermals have paired with Kill Rock Stars labelmates Thao With the Get Down Stay Down for an exclusive 1000-print split 7".The Th...
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The Thermals: Report On Menomena's Progress
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In response to yesterday's Progress Report on the Thermals and their forthcoming Kill Rock Stars release Now We Can See, Kathy of the Thermals checked in with her own progress report on the men of Menomena, their solo pursuits, and the status of a Friend And Foe followup. See it here. Thanks Kathy.
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In response to yesterday's Progress Report on the Thermals and their forthcoming Kill Rock Stars release Now We Can See, Katy of the Thermals checked in with her own progress report on the men of Menomena, their solo pursuits, and the status of a Friend And Foe followup. See it here. Thanks Katy.
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The Thermals: Calm Down With New Album Cover
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Here's the cover for the Thermals' fourth album, Now We Can See, out April 7 on new label home Kill Rock Stars. If you're a Thermals fan, you might be familiar with the cut-and-paste collage aesthetic, as it has been employed on the covers of all three past Thermals albums. However, unlike those other covers, this one doesn't seem to be making a...
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