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It's 36 minutes of loose garage rock with massively catchy melodies sugarcoating the biting sarcasm.
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As narrative and prophecy, a less coherent response to Christofascism than you might want, but one alt needs, held together and moved ahead by its forthright hooks and beats.
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The Body, The Blood, The Machine is the holy grail of anti-political/anti-religion records to come out in the last seven years.
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The simplicity of the punk-driven songwriting and the bare, urgent honesty of vocalist/guitarist Hutch Harris’ delivery drive home the album’s political points with startling effectiveness.
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The Body's story is just vague and gruesome enough to be weirdly terrifying, totally Orwellian, and grander, louder, and more electrifying than anything the Thermals have spit out before.
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It’s downright exciting for a band like the Thermals to emerge with something so simple and unflustered, so bereft of unnecessary baggage, a shining light of a record that delivers on its early promise.
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SpinThere's still something small and handmade about the Thermals' music. [Sep 2006, p.112]
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Without sacrificing aural excitement, they have polished their approach with a refined understanding of dynamics and a broadening of style.
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As a whole, The Body The Blood The Machine is a bit more inconsistent than Fuckin' A, but at the same time has some of the best songs in the group's discography and some of the better arrangements [as] well.
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An immediate and combative disc that blurries up a litany of angers over surprisingly versatile layers of pop-punk guitar thrusting, The Body, The Blood, The Machine is a focused tantrum, irresolute in its actual stances, but pissed and rambunctious enough to overcome its vagaries.
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They've slowed down the tempo a little and cleaned up the sound a lot.
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With The Body, The Blood, The Machine the Thermals haven't made another thrilling noisy gem like More Parts Per Million, they've made an inspired and inspiring, semi-grown up indie rock record with more thought than thrills.
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The Body, the Blood, the Machine reveals a band that's a bit older, a step slower, and startlingly sardonic.
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The only drawback is Hutch Harris' vocals.
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A little too homogenous to warrant many a repeat listen.
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Paste MagazineThe urgency and bile are palpable. [Oct 2006, p.84]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 22
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Mixed: 3 out of 22
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Apr 25, 2012
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GeorgeDJul 4, 2007Very good, straightforward tunes, catchy riffs, good singing.
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J.PaulPFeb 18, 2007