The Thermals - More Parts Per Million

This was my most favorite record for awhile in the early aughts. It was really refreshing when it came out, in the face of an onslaught of freak folk and all that shit that did everything but hit the spot. Me and AG were even fortunate enough to even open for these folks as they shot through the KS region.


This is power trio defined. Fast, determined, distorted and, yes, melodic. I really love this band and even catch myself frequently sitting down to The Blood, The Body, The Machine despite it's sanctimonious lyrics and fairly immature concept (anti-Christianity).

So, here is. Music as it should be done, which we rarely hear anymore.





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Allmusic.com: A Portland, OR, supergroup of sorts, the Thermals feature Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster of the twee/folk-pop duo Hutch and Kathy and the All Girl Summer Fun Band, Kind of Like Spitting's Ben Barnett, and the Operacycle's Jordan Hudson. The group started in early 2002 as a way for its members to play just for the fun of it, but their insistent melodies and punk-inspired urgency won them a local following quickly. Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard was one of the Thermals' first fans and got the group in touch with Sub Pop, which signed them within four months of the band's formation. The Thermals released a single in January of 2003, followed by their full-length More Parts Per Million later that spring. Fuckin A, the Thermals' sophomore effort, marked their first release for Sub Pop in mid-2004. In the midst of recording the Thermals' third full-length, founding drummer Jordan Hudson left the group. Foster and Harris resumed recording and played all instruments on 2006's The Body, the Blood, the Machine. Drummer Caitlin Love joined the Thermals just in time for a European tour in spring 2006. Lorin Coleman, of the Portland indie rock act Virga, was added on drums in late summer.


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