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Waiting for the Thermals’ next (and 5th) LP - ‘Personal Life’ - is a slow process, with September 7th 2010 the scheduled release date on Kill Rock Stars. To ease the pain, the band have released the new single.. ‘CANADA’.
Coming in not-that-far-under two and a half minutes, I can’t quite tell if they’re taking the piss or not. The lyrics are an unabashed declaration of love for the maple-leafed country, and were whipped up in a van in a few minutes. From the horse’s mouth..
"Don’t get us wrong - Buffalo, NY is a swell American town. But it’s not the easiest city to play, ask any band! So when The Thermals, on a recent tour, found themselves staring down the barrel of a less-than-spectacular night in Buffalo, The Thermals comforted themselves with the thought that the next day they were headed for CANADA. Toronto, to be exact, where they would headline an amazing sold out show at The Horseshoe Tavern. Sitting in the van in Buffalo, Thermals guitarist and singer Hutch Harris picked up a guitar and strummed a few chords, and sang a few lines about going to CANADA. Kathy Foster walked up and sang "Whoa Whoa-Oh Whoa!" as if on cue. Drummer Westin Glass set a fat beat to it at soundcheck et voila, "Canada". Seriously, I’m not making this up. I mean, listen to the song. It doesn’t sound like it took The Thermals longer than half an hour to write "Canada". But therein lies its brilliance! Totally off the cuff, yet totally sincere, "Canada" is an instant classic, a raucous, joyous ode to our brothers and sisters to the north. CANADA! Where everyone is funny, friendly and ready to have a beer or seven with you. CANADA! Where we’ll have everything we need! CANADA! The country we aspire to be."
This might not be the sort of track you listen to on repeat, and wallow in its artistic depth, but the Thermals are a fun band that have a more than proven track record, and to take this any more seriously than a between albums jaunt would be missing the point entirely.
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