The Thermals and Thao Split Record Store Day 7"

The Thermals and Thao Split Record Store Day 7"

The indie-store-friendly Record Store Day promotions are stacking up, with exclusives from Sonic Youth, Beck, Jay Reatard, and Pavement already in the works.

And here's another one for the April 18 extravaganza: The Thermals have paired with Kill Rock Stars labelmates Thao With the Get Down Stay Down for an exclusive 1000-print split 7".

The Thermals side features two demos from their forthcoming album, Now We Can See (out April 7 via KRS) and the Thao side boasts a new song and a Lovin' Spoonful cover. Record stores want you...to buy cool stuff from them that you can't get anywhere else this April 18.

Both the Thermals and Thao have rock shows coming up, too. The Thermals are currently in the UK, but will head back to the U.S. for a few Pacific Northwest dates in April (followed by a full American tour, which they're sorting out now).

The Thermals/Thao with the Get Down Stay Down 7"

A1 The Thermals: "When I Died" (demo)
A2 The Thermals: "You Dissolve" (demo)
B1 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: "Cool Yourself You Are Flush Red" (previously unreleased)
B2 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind" (Lovin' Spoonful cover)

The Thermals:

02-05 Manchester, England  - Ritz *
02-06 Manchester, England - Ritz *
02-07 Sheffield, England - Raynor Lounge
02-08 Bradford, England - St Georges Hall *
02-09 London, England - The Lexington
02-10 London, England - Heaven *
04-09 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom %
04-10 Salem, OR - Grand Theater -  Cherry City Music Festival $
04-11 Seattle, WA - Neumo's $

* with the Cribs
% with Parenthetical Girls
$ with Panther

Thao With the Get Down Stay Down:

02-26 San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall (Noise Pop)
04-17 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
04-18 Durham, NC - Duke Coffee House *#
04-19 Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern *#
04-20 Atlanta, GA - EARL *#
04-21 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder - Florida State *#
04-23 Austin, TX - The Parish *#
04-24 Ft. Worth, TX - Lola's *#
04-25 Lubbock, TX - The Foundation *#
04-26 Santa Fe, NM - The Sub - College of Santa Fe *#
04-28 San Diego, CA - The Loft - UCSD *#
04-29 Los Angeles, CA - The Hotel Cafe *#
04-30 San Francisco, CA - Independent *#
05-01 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05-02 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *#
05-04 Boise, ID - Neurolux *#
05-05 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *#
05-06 Denver, CO - Hi Dive *#
05-09 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *#
05-10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern *#
05-12 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *
05-14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
05-15 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *#
05-16 Norfolk, VA - The Boot *#

* with Sister Suvi
# with Samantha Crain
Posted by Ryan Dombal on Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:00pm