![]() You don’t just have to sound like Fugazi.” “Your taste evolves, you discover different styles of guitar playing. “That’s come with time, playing off each other, and playing live,” Stevens admits. Hardcore can be a musically oppressive mode of expression – crushing heaviness or blackened filth are often its go-to settings – but since 2013’s genre-exploding Is Survived By they’ve been content to exist outside of that. Steinhardt, guitarist Clayton Stevens and bassist Tyler Kirby have embraced ideas of space and texture, pushing the complementary nature of their partnership into unusual territory. It’s west coast hardcore by way of the Byrds, Tom Petty, Television, and Sonic Youth. In the past 11 years they’ve retrofitted their sound with fresh swatches cribbed from 4AD bands, Laurel Canyon jangle and desert-baked indie-rock. It’s not that they’ve lost contact with the band they were – at points Lament goes as hard as anything on their debut – it’s that they’re never happy in one spot. Over time, their motivations have changed. And with Stage Four, Touché Amoré has unmistakably made the biggest, boldest, and most artistic statement of their career.Touché Amoré formed in Los Angeles a little over a decade ago, releasing their full pelt opening statement …To The Beat of a Dead Horse in 2009. Cathartic in delivery, highly sentimental, and sonically triumphant, Stage Four is an emblem of a band both living its dream and marred by loss. Stage Four was recorded in early 2016 in Studio City, CA with producer Brad Wood. So when the time came to write Stage Four there was no question that it would be about passing of Bolm's mother in late 2014. Touché albums have always served as an emotional outlet for Bolm. "I don't open up to people too much in regular life, but when I'm writing songs, I want to be as open and as honest as possible," Bolm confesses. Having earned early cred, critical favor, and legions of fans by playing lengthy tours of all shapes and sizes„in every basement, youth center, and house show„the band enjoyed a bigger following which only grew along with their talents. Touch_ Amor_ crossed into new territory with the 2013 art-punk masterpiece Is Survived By. Over the years the band rose to prominence with 2009Ís ƒTo the Beat of a Dead Horse and 2011Ís Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me. And now with Stage Four, their fourth and biggest album to date, they are cementing their status as one of rock musicÍs most talented, relatable, and visceral acts. Since those early days, lead singer Jeremy Bolm, guitarists Nick Steinhardt and Clayton Stevens, bassist Tyler Kirby, and drummer Elliot Babin have created a trajectory for themselves through hard work and dedication. ![]() ![]() Los Angeles artful indie post hardcore band Touché Amoré have announced a new album, Stage Four, to be released September 16 on Epitaph.įormed in Burbank, California, across 20, the band's urgent sound, with its melodic sonic assault and impassioned vocals, has grown tighter and more refined through a trio of full-length albums and a series of EPÍs and releases. – 4 kiss-cut sticker sheets of album artwork and alternate images – Features a unique collaboration between collage artist Anthony Gerace, photographer Ryan Aylsworth and art director/designer Nick Steinhardt This is limited to 2,500 copies worldwide and it is a one-time pressing. – 180-Gram “Stage Four” 12” vinyl LP with vintage style Epitaph labels. – 36 page, LP-sized hard cover book of expanded artwork
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