Vinyl LP pressing. Desperate Ground is the sixth album (and the first to be released on Omaha's Saddle Creek) from Portland's The Thermals. The album was produced by John Agnello whose previous credits include Dinosaur Jr.., Sonic Youth, and the Hold Steady. The band describes the album as "a cross between two of our best-known and -loved records, More Parts Per Million and the Body, the Blood, the Machine. It's loud, fast, incredibly scary and undeniably catchy."