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Touché Amoré [7 inch]
2008
No Sleep

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Review by: Brian
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Published on June 5th 2009

Like recently reviewed buds Calculator., Touché Amoré play a weird role in screamo revival. Certain moments on their debut 7" certainly bear resemblance to their oft-cited influences like pg. 99 and Orchid, yet their structure largely remains closer to equally dark, more straightforward-yet-forward-thinking hardcore acts like Modern Life Is War and Spanish Bombs.

That's due to the fact that this 7" never really contains any clear moments of overwhelming spazziness or intensity, but in no way do those voids detract from it. This is a very fresh hardcore sound, full of a searingly intense vocal front and careful, clever changes in tempo and direction. It's the sort of sound that espouses all shades of gray while remaining compelling and dynamic.

It's also littered with issues that appear very near and dear to the members' hearts, like the self-explanatory "WeHateFredPhelps.com" and digital bonus "Hipsterectomy," the latter of which seems to be a call-to-arms for originality levied towards the L.A. hipster scene.

They've already got their first full-length on the way, with some serious cameos in the mix (Jeff Eaton, Geoff Rickly). This was a great start, but I'm ready to be floored by what's next.

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Posted by fattony on 2009-10-21 19:04:16
My Score:

Loving this. Saw these dudes open for Thursday a few weeks ago and they were really solid live too. Looking forward to more from them in the hopefully near future.

Posted by drericmiller on 2009-06-07 09:53:40
My Score:

most good

Posted by inagreendase on 2009-06-06 18:54:38

Hey Brian, can you by any chance point me in the direction of a few older bands of this sort (Castevet, Calculator, My Heart to Joy, Joie de Vivre, etc) that I'm digging?

I would have trouble doing that as all these bands sound extremely different to me. And I would thus describe them all rather differently.

With Castevet it's basically billowy American Football fare peppered into gruff SBB-esque tempaltes; Calculator. is raw, yelly screamo-influenced post-hardcore; and Joie de Vivre is close to straight-up Mineral worship.

Posted by Blackjaw_x on 2009-06-06 14:52:03

Don't think I've heard this band before... sounds alright, but I much prefer Calculator.

Hey Brian, can you by any chance point me in the direction of a few older bands of this sort (Castevet, Calculator, My Heart to Joy, Joie de Vivre, etc) that I'm digging? I've found Shots Fired, Apart From the Projector and some others, but I know there's probably dozens of hidden gems out there. Since they'd all have broken up, I won't be able to find them without someone's help, and that drives me crazy. :P

Posted by edgar13 on 2009-06-06 04:18:37

good band, good dudes

Posted by alpod4 on 2009-06-05 23:53:14

rulezzz

Posted by mikexdude on 2009-06-05 15:50:48

"Honest Sleep" is fantastic.

Posted by mikexdude on 2009-06-05 15:49:19
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Wowzers! These guys are really awesome. I love the dissonance.

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