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Mar 25, 2016This certainly isn’t the band’s best album, but it might be their most Thermals-iest album.
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Mar 31, 2016Even now, with this seventh album, the old thumping insouciance remains, while the subject matter becomes increasingly morose. These are the kind of songs that could easily, in the live setting, lead to sweaty euphoria; you realize almost as an afterthought that they are all about death.
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Mar 30, 2016You can hear the anxiety, claustrophobia and desperation pour from every fuzzy guitar, from every snarl. Yet it is also a remarkably upbeat sounding record, with infectious riffs, thumping drumbeats and an overall rich, joyous punk rock sound.
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Mar 25, 2016We Disappear is the brashest, most mainstream-sounding alt-rock record The Thermals have pulled off to date. It rarely pauses in its pursuit of hook-laced, punk-pop anthems such as The Walls and the bittersweet Thinking Of You, but it sounds especially jubilant on the best of its Grim Reaper-related numbers, Hey You.
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Mar 25, 2016On all fronts, this is a stirring return to form.
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Mar 25, 2016They are just as vital, exciting, and necessary as they were in the beginning and this record stands with their best work.
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Alternative PressMar 23, 2016For new fans, We Disappear is a solid entry point into the Thermals' world; for longtime fans, the new, calmer side of the band emerging is fresh, but still packed with the same spirit and punch that has endured for a decade-and-a-half. [Apr 2016, p.100]
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Mar 23, 2016Weighty subject matter, then, but Harris’ John Darnielle-esque delivery rams the message home amidst their strongest set of tunes since 2006’s The Body, The Blood, The Machine, with Kathy Foster’s on-point harmonies (Thinking Of You) and propulsive bass (Always Never Be) adding purpose to their power-punk arsenal.
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Mar 24, 2016The record's a bit front-loaded for me and some of the songs don't latch on as filler but overall, it's definitely worth the pick-up. Great stuff, as expected.
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Mar 23, 2016Sure, there's no new ground broken, and no definitive answers given, but We Disappear isn't meant to be that. Instead, the album is a soundtrack of reassurance.
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Mar 24, 2016After two albums that struggled with the growing divide between the serious band they seemingly longed to be and the bubblegum punk band listeners want them to be, The Thermals strike the right balance on We Disappear, an album that manages to satisfy both camps.
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Mar 25, 2016The production, courtesy of former Death Cab For Cutie member Chris Walla, makes these songs, basked in an ambient wash, still feel wholly accessible.
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Mar 24, 2016We Disappear's weak spots appear in the occasional retread "whoa-oh-whoa" pop chorus. The band is strongest in scrappy and loud moments like "Hey You."
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Mar 24, 2016The Thermals have had a long, productive run, but it feels like time for a shake-up. This album reveals a band that’s still capable, but when it’s a trio that can produce better than that, the term “capable” shouldn’t appear.
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Mar 23, 2016The Thermals stay surface level both with their lyricism and their songwriting.
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Mar 23, 2016The record is, unfortunately and overwhelmingly, a bland release from a band that feels like they're stuck going through the motions.
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