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.

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Blazing through 13 songs in less than half an hour, the Thermals introduce their bittersweet, rapid-fire indie rock on "More Parts Per Million." The high-strung guitars, lo-fi production, and earnest vocals on songs like "It's Trivia" and "Goddamn the Light" recall the heyday of mid-'90s indie; indeed, comparisons have already been made between the Thermals' lilting melodies and manic energy and that of Guided by Voices. But where GBV cloaks their feelings in cryptic lyrics and titles, with the Thermals it...   [ read more ]

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In the four days it took to record the new record, The Thermals and producer Chris Walla worked in tandem to create the perfect follow-up to the chaotic pop madness of their 2003 debut, "More Parts Per Million." "Fuckin A" is another twenty-eight minute triumph for The Thermals -- screaming, piercing, as painful and discordant as it is joyous and melodic. Every track is pushed deep into the red, wrapped in a thick sheet of distortion, and served on a tattered blanket of very questionable fidelity. In other...   [ read more ]

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