Name: Lament
Brand: Touche Amore

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277193

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Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-30

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Artist

Touche Amore

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Punk / Hardcore

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Epitaph

Touche Amore is an American post-hardcore band hailing from Los Angeles, California. With their raw and emotional sound, they have become a prominent force in the music scene. Drawing inspiration from various genres, their music resonates with fans around the world.

Known for their intense live performances and heartfelt lyrics, Touche Amore has carved out a unique place in the post-hardcore genre. Their powerful songs tackle personal struggles and societal issues, creating a cathartic experience for both the band and their audience.

Influenced by bands like Defeater, Modern Life Is War, and La Dispute among others, Touche Amore's music captures the essence of punk rock while pushing boundaries. Their discography includes critically acclaimed albums such as "Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me" and "Stage Four," showcasing their growth as musicians.

Touché Amoré has been burrowing through angst, alienation, cancer, and heartbreak throughout four adored studio albums. After over a decade of working through darkness, the bands gorgeously gruff fifth album, Lament, finds the light at the end of the tunnel. Through 11 songs, Touché Amoré looks back at its past and uses hard-won optimism to point its fans toward light, and love.

For the follow up to the their critically acclaimed 2016 release, Stage Four, Touché Amoré have opted to get out of their comfort zone and work with a new producer, the famously demanding Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn, At the Drive-In). Both Robinson and Touché Amoré are known for their trademark intensity.

I believe there was an unspoken learning curve between Rosss methods and the understanding that Ive poured myself into the words and mean every one of them, vocalist Jeremy Bolm says. Robinson agreed to a rare one-song test recording last summer, which resulted in the song Deflector, released last fall. In the end, Deflector proved the producer/band combo was undoubtedly the right fit. Robinson made Bolm read out all of his confessional lyrics to his bandmates to make sure they understood their emotional content. Making Bolm read those lyrics turned out to be what helped make their emotions palpable in the final recording. With its ruminations on the draining human connection (Ill test the water/I wont dive right in/Thats too personal/Im too delicate), Laments first helping is a sharp intro to the albums themes. 

Lament is their masterstroke. Its longer, structured songs soar with a ferocious but delicate musicality and powerful, gut-wrenching storytelling that smashes previous heights. Yet as much as the band has grown and matured via everything theyve endured, its perhaps equally impressive how theyve managed to stay true to their core

Lament

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