2006, Sub Pop Records
With a wider, brighter, and wilder sound than anything they've done in the past, this record adds walls of guitars, organs, and even a few "ballads" (a.k.a. slightly pretty songs) to the mix, while still retaining the gritty post-pop-punk sound for which they're globally famous. Recorded in the band's hometown of Portland, OR by Fugazi's Brendan Canty.
Customer Reviews




Adam DunnThe Thermals pretty much define the Portland garage-punk sound. There first two releases were fairly lo-fi, but with this latest release, they finally get some flashy production value. This is a great record especially if you can follow its "escape from a post-apocalyptic Christian fascist state" story.



