Desperate Ground

Studio album by The Thermals

Released

April 13, 2013

Recorded

2012/2013

Genre

Indie rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Rock

Length

26:25

The Thermals chronology

Personal Life
(2010)

Desperate Ground
(2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
The A.V. Club	C link
Consequence of Sound	C+ link
Pitchfork Media	link

Desperate Ground is the sixth album from the Portland-based indie rock band The Thermals. The album was released on April 13, 2013, on Saddle Creek Records and was produced by John Agnello.

The album was produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth) in Hoboken, NJ. Agnello and The Thermals completed the record and evacuated the studio just hours before Hurricane Sandy ravaged New Jersey. ^[1]

The title came from The Art of War by Sun Tzu.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Hutch Harris, all music composed by Kathy Foster/Hutch Harris/Westin Glass.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Born to Kill"	1:48
2.	"You Will Be Free"	2:45
3.	"The Sunset"	2:51
4.	"I Go Alone"	3:12
5.	"The Sword by My Side"	3:10
6.	"You Will Find Me"	2:22
7.	"Faces Stay with Me"	2:32
8.	"The Howl of the Winds"	2:29
9.	"Where I Stand"	2:08
10.	"Our Love Survives"	3:08

Personnel

Kathy Foster - bass, vocals
Hutch Harris - guitar, vocals
Westin Glass - drums, vocals

References

↑ Maurer, Mark (2013-03-05). "After visit during Sandy, the Thermals back in N.J. for Maxwell's show". NJ.com. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
↑ Remus, Deborah (2013-04-11). "The Thermals - 04.11.13". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 2014-02-14.

The Thermals

Kathy Foster Westin Glass Hutch Harris

Studio albums	More Parts per Million Fuckin A The Body, the Blood, the Machine Now We Can See Personal Life Desperate Ground

Live albums	Insound Tour Support 2.0 LIVE at the Echoplex - December 7, 2007

Singles	"No Culture Icons" "How We Know" "A Pillar of Salt" "Returning to the Fold" "When I Died" "Now We Can See" "We Were Sick" "Canada" "Separate" "I Don't Believe You" "Never Listen To Me" "Not Like Any Other Feeling" "Born To Kill" "Desperate Ground Demos"

Former members	Ben Barnett Joel Burrows Lorin Coleman Jordan Hudson Caitlin Love

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