LISTEN TO IT #19: THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL
Oct. 11th, 2010 08:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogOne of the highlights of my stateside trip was picking up the new Thermals album, Personal Life.
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bedsitter23 hipped me to The Thermals a few years ago when they released The Body, The Blood, The Machine, and it’s such a great album full of such raw and contagious emotional energy that the band have had trouble topping it since then.
Personal Life has the same basic problem, and comes with the double-edged sword of being both quieter and more focused on relationships than previous albums. It’s great that they’re varying the formula, but the toned down energy also means the album seems to run out of steam about 60% through. Maybe a few more listens will help fix that.
That said, though, there are plenty of good Thermals moments, including the current single.
Listen.
PRODUCTION NOTE: Yes, that is Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney fame. Bonus indie points if you also recognized the singer from Modest Mouse at the end.
In the shed,
This is dF
bedsitter23 hipped me to The Thermals a few years ago when they released The Body, The Blood, The Machine, and it’s such a great album full of such raw and contagious emotional energy that the band have had trouble topping it since then. Personal Life has the same basic problem, and comes with the double-edged sword of being both quieter and more focused on relationships than previous albums. It’s great that they’re varying the formula, but the toned down energy also means the album seems to run out of steam about 60% through. Maybe a few more listens will help fix that.
That said, though, there are plenty of good Thermals moments, including the current single.
Listen.
PRODUCTION NOTE: Yes, that is Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney fame. Bonus indie points if you also recognized the singer from Modest Mouse at the end.
In the shed,
This is dF
