
Things felt a little shaky there for The Thermals in early 2008. They had toured on The Body, The Blood, The Machine for over a year and a half, they no longer had a drummer and were looking for a new label home. Yet, in reality all that paled in comparison to their toughest hurdle. Trying to write music that surpassed their landmark Bush-era concept record was going to be near impossible. TBTBTM combined everything great about The Thermals, political music and punk rock. By 2008 the political and social tides had begun to shift, and [...]