{"id":424,"date":"2014-09-18T05:17:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=424"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:17:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:17:14","slug":"the-thermals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-thermals","title":{"rendered":"Episode 18: The Thermals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;No Culture Icons&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SongExploder18.png\" alt=\"SongExploder18\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SongExploder18.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SongExploder18-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=4c995b0bb838e8436e9b25a5ff230980\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-thermals-no-culture-icons\/id788236947?i=319109737&#038;mt=2&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\"target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/66f5511a-9e9b-4f93-a7fb-4524ec134e41\/SongExploder18-TheThermals-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thermals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Thermals<\/a> originally began as Hutch Harris\u2019s solo recording project. He sang and played all the instruments on the 2003 Thermals record <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/More_Parts_per_Million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Parts Per Million<\/a>. In this episode, Hutch breaks down his lo-fi recording of the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cf5wlXR9q3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Culture Icons<\/a>. The track was later mixed by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Walla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Walla<\/a>, who is known best for his work with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_Cab_for_Cutie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Death Cab for Cutie<\/a>, and we\u2019ll hear some thoughts from him as well. I spoke with Hutch in front of a live audience at the <a href=\"http:\/\/xoxofest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XOXO Festival<\/a> in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;No Culture Icons&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/no-culture-icons\/id3275356?i=3275334&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-thermals-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\nThe song by Elevator to Hell is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/roger-and-the-hair\/id3257839?i=3257750&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger and the Hair<\/a>,&#8221; and the song by The Misfits is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/astro-zombies\/id204731275?i=204731425&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\">Astro Zombies<\/a>.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No Culture Icons&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 The Thermals originally began as Hutch Harris\u2019s solo recording project. 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