The band: The Thermals The album: Now we can see (07/04/2009)
The single:" Now we can see "
Draws: "I let it go", "When I died", "At the bottom of the sea", "When I was afraid", "Liquid in, Liquid out", "How we fade" .
" Now we can see "is the 4th album by the band from Portland , which was released on April 7 by the Kill Rock Stars. The music of " Thermals " contains a mixture of pop - punk compositions and I would say that on several points reminds me of Hold Steady , perhaps because of the vocals.
The album starts strongly with "When I died" and besides the title single, (see below!) that contains more pop elements and the calm moment of the disc " At the bottom of the sea ", which reminds to some extent Velvet Underground , all the eleven tracks are moving steadily in the same fairly good level (as you can see below the rating of each track). In some cases the desire is for fast punk guitar pieces, in other pop singles and in others stretching the song, like we are used to see from non-pop bands. With power derived from the Ramones of the 70s and the Hold Steady of our decade, the Thermals may belong wth this disk in the list of the best albums, I have heard so far in 2009.
The stars:
(01) When I died (****)
(02) We were sick (** **)
(03) I let it go (****)
(04) Now we can see (*****)
(05) At the bottom of the sea (****,*)
(06) When we were alive (***,*)
(07) I called out your name (****)
(08) When I was afraid (*** *)
(09) Liquid in, liquid out (****)
(10) How we fade (****)
(11) You dissolve (***,*)
Our little number: 8,1 / 10
Reviews of the disc by magazines and sites are very good, as you can see below:
Spin (4 / 5), Pitchfork < / a> (7,8 / 10), The Guardian (4 / 5)
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