The Thermals Can See On Tour

02/20/09 4:56pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Portland, Ore. indie rock trio The Thermals have a pretty extensive North American tour coming up in support of their fourth album, Now We Can See.

The record will hit stores on April 7 through the band's new label, Kill Rock Stars. Singer/guitarist Hutch Harris and bassist Kathy Foster recorded Now We Can See as a duo and later re-recorded it at Oregon City's Supernatural Sound with producer John Congleton (Explosions In The Sky, The Polyphonic Spree). You can hear the title track first single on the band's MySpace page.

The Thermals formed in 2002 and released their More Parts Per Million debut a year later. They've since released two more albums, with the latest being 2006's The Blood, The Body, The Machine.

The Thermals have these dates lined up:

March 19 Austin, TX @ Red Eyed Fly w/The Upsidedown, Laura Gibson, Shelley Short, Horse Feathers and The Shaky Hands
April 9 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
April 10 Salem, OR @ The Grand Theater
April 11 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
April 22 Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/The Shaky Hands
April 23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge w/The Shaky Hands
April 24 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theater w/The Shaky Hands
April 25 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown w/The Shaky Hands
April 26 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/The Shaky Hands
April 28 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon w/The Shaky Hands
April 29 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge w/The Shaky Hands
April 30 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig w/The Shaky Hands
May 1 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom w/The Shaky Hands
May 2 Buffalo, NY @ Orbit's Soundlab w/The Shaky Hands
May 3 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern w/The Shaky Hands
May 5 Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street w/Shaky Hands
May 6 Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery w/The Shaky Hands
May 7 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Restaurant And Nightclub (downstairs) w/The Shaky Hands
May 8-9 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/The Shaky Hands
May 12 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's w/The Shaky Hands
May 13 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/The Shaky Hands
May 14 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/The Shaky Hands
May 15 Charleston, SC @ The Pourhouse w/The Shaky Hands
May 16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade w/The Shaky Hands
May 18 Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree w/The Shaky Hands
May 19 Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe w/The Shaky Hands
May 20 Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room w/The Shaky Hands
May 21 Dallas, TX @ The Loft w/The Shaky Hands
May 22 Austin, TX @ Mohawk w/The Shaky Hands
May 23 San Antonio, TX @ The Warhol w/The Shaky Hands
May 26 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room w/The Shaky Hands
May 27 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour w/The Shaky Hands
May 30-31 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill w/The Shaky Hands

Here are the songs on Now We Can See:

"When I Died"
"We Were Sick"
"I Let It Go"
"Now We Can See"
"At The Bottom Of The Sea"
"When We Were Alive"
"I Called Out Your Name"
"When I Was Afraid"
"Liquid In, Liquid Out"
"How We Fade"
"You Dissolve"