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Story goes, God turned Lot's wife into a pillar of salt for looking back, but that sure as fuck hasn't stopped the Thermals from culling the best elements of their first two records, cranking the energy to eleven, and barnstorming heaven and earth with The Body, the Blood, the Machine, due out tomorrow via Sub Pop. "A Pillar of Salt" perhaps best exemplifies that relentless energy, as headcharging guitars assault the opening hi-hat bar and never slow down, evoking, if you will, a frenzied retreat from doomed Sodom. Well-timed chord changes put some heart behind the kinetic grit, while atop it all, Hutch Harris enunciates excitedly, "A giant fist is out to crush us!" Talk about Catholic guilt! Here's penance for you: three Hail Marys and add this scorcher to your infinite mixtape immediately.

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#0033 > The Thermals: "A Pillar of Salt"
[from The Body, the Blood, the Machine; Sub Pop]
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