Thermals "Personal Life"

                                                                                                                                                              With a song called "I'm Gonna Change Your Life" one may have great expectations. It starts with a slightly distorted bassline and Hutch Harris' distinct vocals that continue throughout. It starts out well, but "I Don't Believe You." The song which has a slightly quicker pace, and a woah oah oah oah can have one singing to it within several listens. Maybe it's better if you just "Never Listen To Me," and just listen to that nice beat and bassline and make your own opinions, what are mine but thin layers of nothing. This song has nice solo in the middle and at the end, and the drums come closer to the forefront with the guitar, around 2:30, and then we just follow the sound, follow him down follow him down. He will tell us everything, but should we listen? Hey, everyone should have their voice heard, it just depends on who will listen. It doesn't feel good to be ignored, it's "Not Like Any Other Feeling." The lyrics hit hard especially this one, they hit home with me. They are pretty depressing, introspective, and  kinda existentialistic  "At the top you relax/you only wait, patient the past/ you are only filling up space/ you only exist to be replaced." OW! It does have a nice solo at the end though. "Power Lies," and feeds on the soul who has it without using a moral/humility holster. "Only For You" will I continue,which is really only me, because no one reads this $#!-. His vocals can take a little bit to get used to, but once you do they can be quite engaging, and the instrumentals on this one are nice."Alone, A Fool," but together I'm with stupid. Basically iti is about how he cannot get someone out of his head, and that maybe he broke it off and he is a fool because of it? "Your Love Is Strong" has this quick beat that makes one want to dance and an o-ay-o-o-o chorus. His vocals were delivered with emotion in most of the songs, especially one such as "Not Like Any Otrher Feeling," but this one seems to have a lot of emotion packaged in his delivery. "A Reflection" is always nice to have after one has been doing something, and curious to continue it, or just to make sure one looks okay before they leave the house. The lyrics are kinda depressing again, but this record, from listening to it has been a personal journey for the band as well as the writer of these lyrics; lets just say that a reflection of love and death is all we have left. A form of therapy, most pursuits such as these are. The song ends with some distortion, as it should! well it seems that maybe "You Changed My Life," thinking it was only a one way street, but both have changed each others lives. The lyrics are both positive, and negative, a nice balance that goes back and forth. Best Songs: I Will Change Your Life, Never Listen To Me, Not Like Any Other Feeling, Power Lies, Alone A Fool, Your Love Is Strong, A Reflection.