I have no idea if this has to do with the Minions film coming out, but Torche’s “Minions” (their first new stuff in two years) is a sludge pop delight of huge guitars and big, semi-spoken melodic undertones. The band’s newest can be heard BELOW and proves that rock n roll has quite the pulse still. The Torche dudes’ RESTARTER can be preordered HERE.
From this to the recent Floor release, it’s been a gooey delight fest of fuzzy riff bombs lately for Steve Brooks fans.
Track listing for RESTARTER plus tour dates with my fave band Clutch and their groovy Jam Room style disciples Lionize are also below along with the new song, HERE.
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Restarter track list:
- Annihilation Affair
- Bishop in Arms
- Minions
- Loose Men
- Undone
- Blasted
- No Servants
- Believe It
- Barrier Hammer
- Restarter
The album was recorded at the band’s Miami studio, Pinecrust, with bass player Jonathan Nuñez overseeing production and Converge’s Kurt Ballou once again returning to handle mixing. In discussing the band’s approach to writing and recording Restarter, Nuñez shared his thoughts on the band’s musical evolution: “I feel that with time you kind of expand and hopefully progress. Hopefully this record is a good reflection of that. I feel it’s strong sonically and harder hitting than the previous record [Harmonicraft]. I’m happy with the last record, but I feel on this record, it’s just more solid song to song. You’ve got to move forward. You can’t release the same record over and over.”
Tour dates:
Dates from Dec. 27 to Jan. 10 with Clutch and Lionize:
December 27 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
December 28 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
December 29 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
December 30 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
December 31 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
January 3 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
January 4 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
January 6 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
January 7 Houston, TX House of Blues
January 8 Dallas, TX House of Blues
January 9 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
January 10 Austin, TX Emo’s
Dates from Jan. 16 to 21 with Municipal Waste:
January 16 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s
January 17 Wilmington, NC Ziggy’s by the Sea
January 18 Tallahassee, FL Pug’s Live
January 19 Gainesville, FL The Atlantic
January 20 Ybor City, FL Crowbar
January 21 Miami, FL Grand Central
Torche in Europe:
May 2 Leipzig, DE Taubchental
May 3 Wroclaw, PL Asymmetry Festival
May 4 Prague, CZ 007
May 5 Munich, DE Ampere
May 6 Milan, IT Lo Fi Club
May 8 Barcelona, SP Rocksound
May 9 Madrid, SP Boute Live!
May 10 Lisbon, PT Musicbox
May 11 Bilbao, SP Kafe Antzokia
May 13 Zurich, SZ Dynamo
May 14 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthoff
May 15 Cologne, DE Underground
May 16 Berlin, DE Hafenklang
May 18 Nijmegen, NL Merelyn
May 19 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
May 20 Paris, FR Glazart
May 21 Antwerp, BE Kavka
May 22 London, UK Underworld *
May 23 Leeds, UK Belgrave Social Club *
May 24 Galway, IR Roisin Dubh
May 25 Cork, IR Craine Lane
May 26 Dublin, IR Grand Social
May 27 Belfast, IR The Limelight
May 28 Glasgow, UK CCA **
May 29 Manchester, UK Sound Control **
May 30 Bristol, UK Temples Festival
May 31 Nimes, FR This is Not a Love Song
June 1 Nantes, FR Le Ferrailleur
* – w/Part Chimp and Henry Blacker
** – w/Kings and Henry Blacker
Latest: Torche’s “Minions” will take over the world (in an ideal world):
I have no idea if this has to… http://t.co/DIyFkiFxJr #metal
RT @metalriot Torche’s “Minions” will take over the world (in an ideal world) – http://t.co/zDhg3LGTCR