I remember the record sounded very separate – the bass occupies one register, one of the guitarists plays a Les Paul, one plays a Telecaster. They recorded it with the same producers who did The Shape of Punk to Come, which was another huge one for me. Steinhardt adds: “A big moment for me was Poison the Well’s You Come Before You. 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. Here’s what he’s been listening to.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. To celebrate the new album, we asked Bolm to pick some of his favorite releases on Bandcamp right now. It’s such a cool way to show our appreciation to these worlds that get to exist around us.” He laughs, and adds: “and also the flex of it, to be honest.” On the same record being produced by Ross Robinson, we can have Julien Baker and Andy Hull sing on it, as well as Justice from Trapped Under Ice. I figure there’s a really cool way to push that further. “For instance, we can do a tour with Converge and then go right into a tour with Circa Survive, and it never feels weird we can exist in all those different genres. “If I had to pick the thing I’m most proud of with this band, it’s that we’ve always been able to exist in a lot of different worlds,” Bolm says. Produced by famed hard rock board wizard Ross Robinson (Korn, Blood Brothers, Glassjaw) and featuring appearances by Julien Baker, Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra, Justice Tripp of Trapped Under Ice, and more, it’s the group’s most uplifting, ambitious release to date, and a monument to the protean qualities that make them so special. Touché Amoré’s latest album, Lament, is a reflection on these mixed feelings, but with an eye-and ear-fixed on the silver lining. I’ve dealt with that guilt of understanding why people are sharing these things with me, appreciating the confidence it takes to go up and express these things to a stranger, but it’s a tough pill to swallow for me to hear that day in, day out.” I would likely do the same thing in a lot of people’s situations if I was emotionally attached to a record that said the things I wasn’t able to say you get that sense that you’re not alone in your feelings. “It’s one of those things that I’ve struggled with, because I understand why it happens. “I sometimes go out of my way to avoid looking at DMs and things like that,” Bolm admits over the phone. Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track
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