Covering Desperate Ground – The Thermals perform at the Loving Touch in Ferndale on Friday night.
Here’s the new single: “Born To Kill”
The notoriously energetic band with its notoriously propulsive Portland-bred pop style are upping the indie-cred of Ferndale by making the Loving Touch a tour-stop, supporting their new album on Saddle Creek records.
While writing about this stuff, I literally unplugged my laptop, walked it to the nearest countertop so i could stand up, and ran in place, perilously snugging my headphones in place as the uptempo chaos whirled onward… It’s just those types of songs.
Toronto based dream-rock duo Moon King joins a newer local trio of regulars, The French Method, in opening things up… Friday – 9pm –
This article appears in May 8-14, 2013.
