| Thermals, The / Personal Life |
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| Album: | Personal Life | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Thermals, The | Added: | 08/2010 | |
| Label: | Kill Rock Stars | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-09-05 | Pull Date: | 2010-11-07 |
| Week Ending: | 7 Nov | 31 Oct | 24 Oct | 17 Oct | 10 Oct | 3 Oct | 26 Sep | 12 Sep |
| Airplays: | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 05, 2016: | does radio suck? I Don't Believe You | 4. | Jul 24, 2011: | rshsrejhdt Not Like Any Other Feeling | |
| 2. | Jul 27, 2015: | Shytown Not Like Any Other Feeling | 5. | May 26, 2011: | Daydream Disaster - Sasquatch! Special Never Listen To Me | |
| 3. | Apr 11, 2012: | The Independent Mind Never Listen To Me | 6. | May 23, 2011: | You Aren't Going to Sasquatch I Don't Believe You |
| Album Review |
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| Trent Kay Reviewed 2010-08-31 | ||
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Yeeeah The Thermals. Deliciously poppy “indie punk”, if you want to go there. (Garage lo-fi if you don’t.) Angry and irreverent half-yelled, half-spoken strong nasal vox. Spare repeated lyrics are at once decidedly unadorned and profound. To the core, I suppose. Very, very, very consistent sound throughout -- we’re talking melodic electric guitar over deep rudder bass riffs. This is what Andy Cook would call the classic three-piece pop punk sound. This is bouncing music, plain and simple. This shit just makes me smile. One-sheet claims this album is “about love”. It also points out the sound was recorded live and mixed (by Chris Walla, no less) entirely to tape. Woo woo woo. FYI: The KZSU library has... at least two Thermals LPs close at hand. Maybe three. Their old stuff is equally fantastic. If you like this, go for a dig. try: 2, 3, 4 no FCCs 1. easy rudder beat and spoken/shouted to-the-point lyrics: ‘i’m gonna change your life!’ *2. fast fast energy, cut chords and call-call ‘whoa’s. ‘there’s nothing we can do if i don’t believe you.’ *3. minor downer. pushy tight beat. dig-in bass and zagging electric guitar riff. hushed threat vox. *4. zoomy bright minor electric. great strong & sad vocal melody. ‘you only exist to be replaced.’ 5. cymbal-heavy clashy midtempo rocker. kick-ass electric riff that actually approaches the one in placebo’s ‘bionic’. they basically build the song around it, and that’s okay with me. 6. dark & somewhat insidious. blow-out bass. lyrics that manage to be both devoted and terrifying. “i’m cut for you.” 7. wonky fade-in and fade-out. a bit more off-kilt than other tracks. solo vox and unsettling raw guitar. desperate and unpretty. 8. fuzz/scratch “whoa”s. loud, dirty, feedbacky guitar. fast and busy. breathless vocals and pick-it-up drums. awesome energy. 9. more downbeat. lone double-note guitar riff. feedback takeover for the last 30 sec. ends abruptly. 10. midtempo & bright. upfront drums and hella popster electric riff. sappy lyrics. | ||
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