The Body, the Blood, the Machine is The Thermals' third album. The album was released on August 22, 2006 on Sub Pop Records, and was produced by Fugazi's Brendan Canty. According to the band's , "the album tells the story of a young couple who must flee a United States governed by fascist faux-Christians."

Reception

The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Body, the Blood, the Machine at number 186 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.

Biblical references

Religious imagery and stories are scattered throughout the album. The first two verses of "Here's Your Future" focus on Noah and the Great Flood, while the last is about The Crucifixion. "I Might Need You to Kill" is about Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. "Pillar of Salt" tells the story of the escape from Sodom and Gomorrah.

References

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Artist/Band Information

The Thermals are an indie/punk band based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The group was formed in 2002.

History

The Thermals were formed in 2002 by Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster, who had been band mates before, most notably in the folk duo Hutch & Kathy. Their first album, More Parts per Million, was released in 2002 with band mates Jordan Hudson (on drums) and Ben Barnett (on guitar) . Their follow up Fuckin A was mixed by Death Cab For Cutie member Chris Walla, although the sound remained much the same. Ben Barnett had dropped out of the band by this point, so Hutch Harris took over on guitar for this album.

Their third album, The Body, The Blood, The Machine, won the group much recognition, appearing on multiple top album lists for 2006 (including NPR's, The AV Club's and Pitchfork's). Jordan Hudson dropped out of the band during the recording of their third album. Kathy Foster took over percussion duties in the recording studio, which Lorin Coleman performed on tour. Produced by Brendan Canty of Fugazi, it was a politically charged concept album designed to showcase a path of religious tyranny that America might take.

The Thermals' fourth album, Now We Can See, was released on a new label, Kill Rock Stars, and produced by label associate John Congleton. Again, Foster worked as the percussionist on the album. Westin Glass joined the group as a drummer after the album was finished and supported them on tour. He is the band's current percussionist.

The Thermals are currently at work on a fifth album, teaming up again with Walla.

Discography

Studio albums

*More Parts per Million (2003)

*Fuckin A (2004)

*The Body, the Blood, the Machine (2006)

*Now We Can See (2009)

*Personal Life (2010 - TBC)

Singles and EPs

Live albums

Compilations

References