Relentlessly melodic Portland punk trio The Thermals have announced their new LP, We Disappear. Not surprisingly, the lead single, “Hey You,” is a bright and crunchy piece of power-pop–inflected punk. It’s a vein the group have mined since their 2003 debut More Parts Per Million, but it doesn’t sound like they’re in danger of depleting their supply any time soon.
Per Pitchfork, singer Hutch Harris had this to say about the record:
Technology, love and death are the three obsessions of the record. Our privacy used to be so important to us and now everything has changed—we freely offer once private information about relationships and reveal everything about our day-to-day lives. We’re trying to preserve our life digitally so when we’re gone people won’t forget us. We’re using technology to become immortal. You can even set up Facebook and Twitter accounts to continue updating after you die! We Disappear is about how humans fight the inevitable.
Be prepared to pump your fist and flex your mind on March 25, when We Disappear drops. In the meantime, give “Hey You” a listen below and check out the album’s track list and artwork.
We Disappear track list
“Into the Code”
“My Heart Went Cold”
“Hey You”
“If We Don’t Die Today”
“The Great Dying”
“In Every Way”
“The Walls”
“Thinking of You”
“Always Never Be”
“Years in a Day”
We Disappear is out March 25 on Saddle Creek.
(via Pitchfork)
