Seeing as that their must buy, fifth studio album, Double Negative, isn’t out until September 7th, The Thermals have given us something to do while we wait — attend one of their recently announced U.S. tour dates. The band’s travels will begin February 5th in San Francisco and sees them traveling to Australia in March before returning to the U.S. in April for a slew of East Coast dates. “We will be playing all the hits, plus a few songs from our next LP,” explains frontman Hutch Harris.

Kill Rock Star labelmates Thao with the Get Down Stay Down and Past Lives will be providing support.

The Thermals 2010 Tour Dates:
02/05 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
02/06 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones *
02/07 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *
02/09 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar *
02/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
02/12 – Berkley, CA @ Lower Sprout Plaza *
02/13 – San Jose, CA @ Blank Club *
03/07 – Brisbane, AU @ Lost Weekend Festival
03/09 – Sydney, AU @ Oxford Art Factory
03/10 – Armidale, AU @ TBA
03/11 – Wollongong, AU @ Wollongong University
03/12 – Newcastle, AU @ Newcastle University
04/07 – Orlando, FL @ Social ^
04/08 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder ^
04/09 – Gainseville, FL @ Rion Ballroom ^
04/12 – Willmington, NC @ The Soapbox ^
04/13 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle ^
04/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^
04/16 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar ^
04/17 – Hamden, CT @ The Space ^
04/18 – Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East ^
04/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl

* = w/ Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
^ = w/ Past Lives