Now We Can See

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'Now We Can See' is the first single from The Thermals' upcoming CD/LP, Now We Can See, their fourth full-length album, and first for Kill Rock Stars. The Thermals parted ways amicably with Sub Pop in late 2007, after turning down a second contract, preferring to instead seek out a more artist-friendly deal. They surely found it with Kill Rock Stars, and sealed the deal on November 4th, 2008, just hours before Barack Obama clinched the U.S. presidential election. Talk about a historic day! We'll let you decide what event was more important.The 'Now We Can See' single also includes the song 'My World', plus demo versions of both songs, making side A ('Now We Can See'/'My World') the 'hi-fi side', and side B ('Now We Can See (demo)'/'My World (demo)' the 'lo-fi (or 'no-fi', if yr nasty) side'. Thermals fans new and old will appreciate the shiny bombast of side A, while side B should please those who feel The Thermals' cassette-recorded debut More Parts Per Million is still their best.Thermal mainstays Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster recorded 'Now We Can See', as well as the rest of Now We Can See, as a duo, as they did on 2006's The Body, The Blood, The Machine. Foster performed all drums and bass (and sang for the first time on a Thermals record), while Harris sang lead and played guitar. They returned to Oregon City's Supernatural Sound (where TBTBTM was tracked), with John Congleton (Explosions In The Sky, Polyphonic Spree) producing. The result is the widest, loudest piece of alternative/indie/punk rock The Thermals have yet unleashed.Lyrically, The Thermals have managed to move past religion and politics (having just about over-done them on TBTBTM), yet remain joyously obsessed with love and death, the only absolutes they know (taxes not being all that exciting to sing about). Though the subject matter may be dark at times, the lyrics, as well as the melodies, remain as catchy and uplifting as ever.Live, Foster and Harris are joined by new Thermals drummer Westin Glass, formerly of Seattle's Say Hi. The trio will support The Cribs for a week of UK gigs in early February, tear it up at SXSW in mid March, tour the states for most of April and May, perform at U.S. and European festivals all summer, and tour Europe in the fall.After a large Thanksgiving dinner, The Thermals will take a long winter's nap, followed by more insane touring in 2010. Good God, 2010! For real? Well, seeing how the future will finally have arrived, expect The Thermals to be touring in a flying van, fueled by garbage, driven by a robot who speaks over seventy languages (though none very well).

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