Episode 18: The Thermals

“No Culture Icons”

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The Thermals originally began as Hutch Harris’s solo recording project. He sang and played all the instruments on the 2003 Thermals record More Parts Per Million. In this episode, Hutch breaks down his lo-fi recording of the song No Culture Icons. The track was later mixed by Chris Walla, who is known best for his work with Death Cab for Cutie, and we’ll hear some thoughts from him as well. I spoke with Hutch in front of a live audience at the XOXO Festival in Portland, Oregon.

Buy “No Culture Icons” on iTunes.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

footnotes
The song by Elevator to Hell is “Roger and the Hair,” and the song by The Misfits is “Astro Zombies.”