Torche

New album cover
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71sz-9Z1tDL._SS500_.jpg

If anyone liked Floor feel free to to chat about them too.

saw torche open for isis last year and isis was a total letdown after these homies. they had energy and looked like they were having FUN, which is more than i can say for isis.

the first record was kinda samey for my tastes, i must admit. new one good, herman?

Very. 1st album was awesome though. Which version did you hear?
The In Return ep was excellent too. New one is like heavier but poppier too.

umm don't remember, hang on

the band prefer the remixed version which is a bit different, but i think the 1st album is perfect and didn't need remixed.

what does the remix sound like?

Firrrrrre!

[REEEE-MIIIIIIIIIIX!!!]

Fi-yeeeeeer!

This.
Is.
A.
Torche.
Exclusive.

The vocals are up a bit and some lead guitar is louder. It works well on a few tracks actually It is worth owning both versions.

yep officially no idea.

i loved the shit out of like half of it ("erase" is my fucking JAM and i totally wish it was longer but it's perfect as it is) and tbh the other half kinda bored me?

new shit on myspace sounds awesome though.

Make Me Alive is a bonus track on the remastered version.

Do you have the album with that on it hoos?

no

Then you have the 1st version. Maybe you would prefer the remixed one then?

I didn't care much for the first album (I only heard the original version), but In Return surprised me and I really like this new one on first listen. Not sure why exactly but it reminds me of early Helmet, only the equation is weighted more towards metal and less towards hardcore.

I'll see what I think after a few spins. Very promising. Have to listen to the new Ufomammut (I'm so excited!) before I give this further time.

New Ufommamut is very good indeed.

Anyone like Floor?

The Sword, Torche and Stinking Lizaveta tour dates for the US.

May 09th Ft Worth TX - Lola's
May 10th Memphis TN - Hi Tone
May 11th Nashville TN - Exit/In
May 12th Covington KY - The Mad Hatter
May 13th Detroit MI - The Magic Stick
May 14th Columbus OH - Ravari Room
May 15th Washington DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
May 16th Philadelphia PA - First Unitarian Church
May 17th Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 18th Cambridge MA - Middle East Downstairs
May 20th Raleigh NC - Lincoln Theater
May 21st Savannah GA - The Jinx
May 22nd Tallahassee FL - The Beta Bar
May 23rd St. Petersburg FL - State Theatre
May 24th Orlando FL - The Social
May 25th Gainesville FL - Common Grounds
May 26th Atlanta GA - Lenny's
May 27th Birmingham AL - Bottle Tree
May 28th Baton Rouge LA - Spanish Moon
May 29th Houston TX - Rudyard's

I saw Stinking Lizaveta on Monday and they smashed it. What a great band. I should be able to listen to 'Meanderthal' by tomorrow or maybe tonight, pretty excited

I love these guys, especially that one note on their guitar or bass or whatever that is so low it can't be fully replicated on CD. We would listen to these guys at work sometimes and my coworker would pump his fist whenever they hit that note.

Wait til you guys here who Torche is touring the US with later in the Summer...

"hear" not "here".

Floor were great. Check out the lineup of my friday night back in 2003 when I booked the Stoner Hands of Doom V fest in Portland:

Friday 8/29

DAY OF DOOM

5:00-5:30 God's Iron Tooth (California)

5:50-6:20 The Prophecy (UK)

6:40-7:10 Mourning Beloveth (Ireland)

7:30-8:00 Graves at Sea (Phoenix)

8:20-8:50 Orodruin (New York)

9:10-9:50 Asunder (Oakland, CA)

10:10-10:50 Floor (Florida)

11:10-11:50 Goatsblood (Vancouver B.C.)

12:10-12:50 SUNN 0))) (LA/NYC)

1:10-2:00 YOB (Eugene)

Stinking Lizaveta is the worst band name. I keep getting them confused for some Devotchka gypsy punk bullshit

I thought this was a thread for the German rapper. Who in hindsight spells it without the "e".

"Who I realized..."

I love these guys, especially that one note on their guitar or bass or whatever that is so low it can't be fully replicated on CD. We would listen to these guys at work sometimes and my coworker would pump his fist whenever they hit that note.

-- filthy dylan, Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:05 PM

this guy is awesome

Nice line up , Nate.

Why does this new album make me think of Jane's Addiction?

Because you put the wrong cd on?

I'm specifically talking about songs like Grenades & Sandstorm, I guess. It's better than the other album I listened to by them.

I NEED
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/scheme31/record%20pics%202/IMG_0026.jpg

Why does this new album make me think of Jane's Addiction?

Three months late: because some of the songs and quite a lot of the guitar parts are like Navarro's. I myself am OK with this

saw these guys with Boris a couple nights ago, pretty good live set. need to check out the records.

jesus, does that sleeve fold out into a yukata?!

torche/boris tour dates

7/1 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
7/2 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
7/3 Orlando, FL @ The Social
7/5 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
7/6 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
7/8 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
7/9 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
7/10 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
7/11 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
7/12 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rosa
7/13 Ottawa, Ontario @ Barrymore
7/14 Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace
7/15 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf
7/16 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
7/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
7/18 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
7/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
7/22 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
7/23 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
7/25 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
7/26 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
7/29 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's

these guys seem to be studiously avoiding providence recently

They are also set to appear in Chicago at the Empty Bottle with Boris and Nachtmystium on 7/20.

As I said on the Boris thread I'm going to the Webster Hall show! Meanderthal is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. And yes, that packaging is amazing. It's similar on the CD, except, you know, small.

I think "Fat Waves" is my favorite song of theirs. But that could change once I get some of their older albums. Are they just as good?

will also play at ZXZW
www.zxzw.nl

after listening to them in myspace - dont they sound like million other bands around?

I don't think so, I think they've found a largely unoccupied niche. What bands are you thinking of?

Yeah seriously? If there are other bands like this let me know because I would like them all. I'm thinking specifically of power pop harmonies over Sleep dirges.

for example:
http://www.myspace.com/thelovedones

(a general 1st impression, though. i might not recognize the uniqueness after 1st listen)

for those that don't know they're playing the melvins/mike patton nightmare before christmas in minehead (UK) too.

is it me or is there a distinct whiff of foo fighters about torche, only a bit fuzzier? are they the arena rock band it's OK for the southern lord tribe to like?

I reviewed the new Torche album and mentioned something about a couple of the songs having this skatepunk edge to them which I guess would link up with those guys, but no-one else seems to have spotted this, and it's also pretty atypical of their sound

"those guys" = The Loved Ones. Have seen Foo Fighters bandied about as well but it's not something I specifically get from them

Is is possible for a band to sound like MELVINS and ABBA???

are you kidding me with that link to The Loved Ones?! I hear nothing in common at all. I thought you were going to link to some sludge band or something

it's too melodic to be sludge -
sort of a poppy sludge, you might say:melvins,Queens of the stone age and foo fighters in a brain storm meeting.
it sounds nice and they play well, but it's not something i havent heard before.
but thats ok too i guess

anyway, they arouse the risk of deafness, opening for Boris.

I hear some queens of the stone age, a lot of melvins, and maybe foo fighters circa colour and the shape vaguely very very vaguely. a lot angrier though.

How on earth do you hear Torche as angry?

Yeah, I don't hear the "angry" in their sound either. "Aggressive," certainly. Sort of a mix of joy and frustration. They don't sound a thing like that myspace band Zeno linked to, but I understand the point he's trying to make; there IS a definite skate-punky element in the vocal style and the melodies. "Healer" sounds like it could almost be a Bad Religion song. Which is funny, because I love that song and I can't stand BR. I think that goes to show how much instrumental timbre/production style can sway opinions so easily. If it wasn't for their sludgy sonics, would the same people still like this band?

I think I hear the anger in that bomb note they use that sounds like an explosion and can't fully be replicated on CD

Have any of you guys heard his previous band Floor? They were an awesome band. I have both their lps but there should be a cd or vinyl set of unreleased stuff coming at some point which I am excited about.

oh and you might hear where Torche are coming from..

http://www.last.fm/music/Floor

http://www.myspace.com/floor

Finally picked this up today, am loving it.

saw these guys with Boris a couple nights ago, pretty good live set. need to check out the records.

-- stephen, Monday, June 30, 2008 11:35 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

so fucking jealous of this guy ^^^^^

I saw them in here Denver last week and finally figured out how they get so heavy. They've got a second guitar and bass with super heavy strings tuned really low and aluminum necks.

I hate to come off like a moron here.. but....

How do you pronounce Torche?

I'm really liking some this stuff the faster ones on Meanderthal sound like a Big Drill Car/Carcass blend.

My brother-in-law got me into this band, and after a couple listens I hear a bit of a David Lee Roth thing with the vocals. This isn't a bad thing, mind you.

I've always just pronounced it as "Torch" with the e silent.

Weird, I've always said "torsh". Like a good Canadian, I suppose.

Pronounced "Torsh" here too.

come to think of it that is probably correct--why add the e if it's silent?

I always thought it was "tor-SHAY". like a pun on "touche". I think I like it better that way.

PS this album rocks, why did I forget to put it on my year-end list?

oh wait nvm I guess I had it at #8 (?!? behind Kanye fucking West what the SHIT was I thinking)

all this is just a long way of saying, the weather got really nice here for a couple of days and I drove around with my windows down headbanging to this

ILX metal thread voters didn't!
It was no 1 on ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 POLL

Hoping it places high in the general albums poll.

ILX metal voters didn't forget anything because Pfunkboy reminded us 40 times day.

:)

And Phil still forgot to vote in the poll!

meanderthal reminds me of like if 90s alt rock bands like walt mink or hum were metal bands

lol walt mink.

never heard torche--macho?

lol walt mink.

― ian, Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:40 PM (1 minute ago)

:(

i dont think torche are really macho at all

definitely not macho

Haha, no not macho.

meanderthal reminds me of like if 90s alt rock bands like walt mink or hum were metal bands

― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

like if the melvins blew up instead of nirvana

maybe i should listen to torche!

sorry but walt mink are just... some kind of punch line to a lame joke somewhere.

xpost

“At long last, we know what life would be like in a parallel universe where the Melvins became a pop sensation instead of Nirvana,” Revolver magazine added.

u should obviously listen to torche. saw em again last saturday and they killed it of course.

saw em on sunday and they killed it

Torche is probably one of the 10 best bands going right now imo

yeah i really like the album

walt mink was good! their drummer was amazing, he was lenny waronker the record company guy's son
and his sister was the main person of the band That Dog
and he ended up being Beck's drummer for a long time

but sometimes some of torche's riffs on meanderthal remind me of walt mink, like the sorta higher on the neck, cyclical riffs

but yeah meanderthal is great, that's the only one i've heard

they're all good. I like this band a lot, so its a shame they're getting into the whole vinyl-dOO)))d metal fetish 10" shit, so they have all these singles and EPs I'm never really gonna hear.

man i forgot to check their tour schedule and missed them again. i'd love to see them.

i didn't know they had a video for this. this is the one that sounds like big country...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvqEJstNrw

its a shame they're getting into the whole vinyl-dOO)))d metal fetish 10" shit, so they have all these singles and EPs I'm never really gonna hear.

I don't think they do really? It's just diff't colours of vinyl and crap like that

Torche is probably one of the 10 best bands going right now imo

I really don't understand this. Torche to me sounds like Melvins, Helmet and the Foo Fighters tossed into a blender -- which isn't the worst thing in the world, mind you, but isn't very interesting or original to me.

xpost
http://www.discogs.com/Torche-In-Return/release/1089359
http://www.discogs.com/Torche-Healer-Across-The-Shields/release/1841749

I really don't understand this. Torche to me sounds like Melvins, Helmet and the Foo Fighters tossed into a blender -- which isn't the worst thing in the world, mind you, but isn't very interesting or original to me.

I mean, you have a band who has FooFighters-sized radio-ready hooks but is playing them with the textures of extreme metal and doom. It's not Shoenberg's 12-tone theory or something, but it's pretty unique.

The way I look at it is, if you saw a messageboard ad for a band described that way (which I don't think is too inaccurate wrt Torche) you would probably think 'fuck that noise' - but there's so many clever touches and awesome hooks being employed within that remit that it totally works. Also in a lot of ways it really is pretty original within the confines of heavy rock music

xxp arrgh yeah i really want those releases but am loathe to pay for them.

i bought the EP and listened to it exactly once.

xps I don't have Healer and am unsure how widely available it was but In Return you could get anywhere I thought? Like I say that's just collectorscum nonsense, you don't have to participate

why whiney? was it not as good as the two lps?

They were so good when I saw them play between Nachtmystium and Boris last year. Kinda sad that Juan Montoya is no longer with them, he was just such a thrill to watch at that show. Having tons of fun and always smiling.

“At long last, we know what life would be like in a parallel universe where the Melvins became a pop sensation instead of Nirvana,” Revolver magazine added.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, July 31, 2009 4:21 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark

knew i couldn't have come up with that

A friend recommended Floor many years back. I finally checked out their 2002 album and it's tremendous. It, ahem, floored me on first listen. It took me quite a while to warm up to Torche, who incorporate a wider variety of influences. For pure, gorgeous, single-minded throbbing sound, you can't beat Floor. I only have MP3s and was almost tempted to pay a ridiculous price for the CD. But I look forward to hearing more from Torche. I hope the loss of the guitar player doesn't handicap them too much. They should only get more popular . . . and then reissue all the Floor stuff!

They are. It's a 10xLP set.

To say the very least, it's been a long time coming. The long-rumored FLOOR box set is not only actually happening... it's nearly upon us. Years in the making, everything this seminal Florida outfit ever recorded is contained within this massive release, including hours of material never previously heard by the public. This insane 10xLP (and one 7") box set should include CDs of the same material as well as an extensive booklet of some lyrics, original artwork, band writings and tons more.

Awesome! Looks like it'll be around November maybe. I can split it with a friend who prefers vinyl.

The new Torche/Boris split is kinda not good. Real throwaways from them both.

Torche song is fine, Boris ... no

i love boris but it is quite possible that they are out of things to do. what kind of boris song is it anyway?

the recent boris kind

haven't heard the split, but if I were some dude in boris, I'd be pretty wary of releasing throwaway junk at this point.

yeah and the split boris just released with 9dw sounds like bad demo type drum loop dicking around, kinda like the japanese version "message" they put out on smile.

It's pretty rare when a band comes along that creates something truly unique. Scarcer still are multiple standout recordings from the same group. Rarest of all is one who amasses a large body of work that varies greatly, yet consistently remains impressive.

Southern Florida's FLOOR were around for roughly 10 years and recorded well over a dozen times during their on-and-off existence. Nearly 100 tracks are the result of a decade of persistence amid overall underappreciation, and only in the wake of their demise did underground audio followers finally take note. Their huge body of work yielded only a few officially released records, and most of what the band recorded just collected dust in the vaults. Finally, everything ever laid down to tape by this truly ahead-of-their time(s) outfit has been compiled into one massive release.

From the living rooms and basements of 1992 to the studios of 2001/2002, FLOOR had an incredible evolution from the GODFLESH and early-MELVINS-inspired sludge worship, to the unrivaled sugary doom/pop amalgamation which would eventually pave the way for TORCHE, HOUSE OF LIGHTNING and others. The changes in sound from recording-to-recording means the sheer variation of style (and audio fidelity) witnessed throughout this collection is astounding, and when dating these recordings against what would eventually follow, it becomes crystal clear that FLOOR were consistently operating on that fabled "next level".

It is with great honor and elation that we are able to present the Below & Beyond Box Set to you. After many years in the making, FLOOR is finally able to conclude their existence with this extensive collection. Ten 12" LPs, one 7" EP, eight CDs and a (roughly) 32-page booklet of writings, photos, lyrics, artwork (and more) are all to be housed in separate jackets contained within a custom cloth-bound box. Each record comes on a different color of vinyl to match to the corresponding artwork, and two etchings accompany recordings that didn't have appropriate flipsides.

We are making 305 copies of this box set, and if the demand is there maybe more at a later date. It's hard to know what the response to this release is going to be, considering the band hasn't been active for over 5 years and had a varied fanbase during their actual existence... so 305 was the number chosen by the parties involved and we're offering up 275 copies to the public now.

That all being said, the price for the FLOOR - Below & Beyond Box Set is $250 plus postage. We know this is a huge amount of money, so as a way of thanking those who pre-order, an exclusive t-shirt is being included (that's design+style will only be available with this preorder). If you purchase the box set PLEASE remember to include your t-shirt size in the "notes / comments" section at checkout... this includes any size you may normally be, from Youth Small to Quintuple Extra Large.

PLEASE NOTE: An enormous amount of work has gone into this release, but not quite everything is fully ready to go into production. So THIS IS A PRE-ORDER, and we're *hoping* to have the release in your hands by Thanksgiving at the earliest, and Christmas at the latest. Because those purchasing this box set are spending a lot of money, we have built a website with the sole purpose of keeping people who buy this informed on the status of the production. Some details of the project may slightly change as we approach the final artwork adjustments, so please realize the above image is simply a mockup of what the final product will roughly resemble (also feel free to click here to check out a bigger version of the above graphic).

Normally we do not like to take pre-orders for records because people (understandably) get impatient and often want to know what the status of the release is... and there are always the inevitable delays too. But due to the sheer cost of producing this beast, we have decided to break our "no pre-orders" rule on this rare occasion. We will do our best to get this done and in your hands as quickly as possible, but highly appreciate your patience and understanding that producing something this large can happen somewhat slowly. The "status" website link will be emailed to you if you place an order, so you can follow along as this beast gets closer and closer to full existence.

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A major personal thank-you is due to Anthony, Steve and Henry for braving everything that went into this, and for trusting us to finally do the band justice with this massive release. An additional thank you to everyone else who contributed as well (be it artwork, musicianship, moral support or otherwise), and to you for still being interested after all these years. Namasté!

Anyone want to buy me one? Cuz no way could I afford it.

$250 + postage + customs VAT + post office extortion aka handling fee of £9.
No ta.

would probably come to over £300!

wow. can't wait for some guy to buy and rip that, because there's no way in hell i'd ever pay that.

i hope someone rips it and doesnt go "i paid $300 so im not letting anyone here it for free"

it's all probably already online if you care that much

nah theres LOADS of stuff on it thats unreleased. I have loads of stuff from 7"s and demos but theres hours and hours of unreleased stuff on this box.

grenades is a jam

yeah that shit still SMOKES

bumpin "Fat Waves"

They're opening for Coheed & Cambria in May at the Congress in Chicago. I hesitate to pay $40 with fees if they're just gonna play 30 min though. I'm hoping they'll headline their own shows at smaller venues. I guess it depends on if they have an album release coming...

Supposedly they do have a new album out later this year. Man, I don't know, I'm all happy for them getting the exposure but I don't know if I could pay that much to put up with Coheed & Cambria fans for a 40 minute or less Torche set. I think I'll wait for the inevitable headlining tour after the album drops.

floor > torche

Anyone catch them at SXSW?

i did

FYI - The Floor box mentioned above is available in a CD-only version from Robotic Empire for only $39.99.

I might consider that at some point

ouch thats £37. Not this month.

happy floor/20 :)

HIGH DERE

van broken into, all manner of stuff including passports stolen, some shows in Canada cancelled

feel totally bad for these guys, they're a good band & this sucks, but let me reiterate as I do every time this happens: if you tour, load everything out from the car into the room your'e staying in every night. I had a longer rant but fuck a lecture, it's not the band's fault somebody robbed them but seriously touring bands, keep your unreplaceables at line-of-sight at all times. at all times, ok? thank you.

^^^ "your'e" is the band opening for torche I think

At least keep your passports with you. Insure that shit!

"Across The Shields," no lie, is one of the best songs i have ever heard

IIIII AMMMMMMMMMMMM YOUUUURRRR ARRRRRRMOOORRRR

FLOOR, AQUILONIAN Empty Bottle, 6/22, 9:30 PM
BARONESS, TORCHE, VALKYRIE Subterranean, 7/31, 9:30 PM, $15

YES! Anyone know details about this Floor reunion?

Got
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SLVA7JnoPtQ/TAu4NW6ERtI/AAAAAAAAANE/Bg3OYvEmuDw/s320/torche.jpg in the mail today finally. Out on Amnesian Records.

It's a 10" on grey marble. It's just the same tracks as on the cassette I have afaik.

No CD of that available? ;_;

...

I was asking if the demos are available on CD?

They are not. Originally out on tape (as was the 1st album demos) and now on vinyl. I assume the 1st album demos will get a vinyl release at some point.

Oh, ok. Thank you.

so buy a record player!

:-)

and a tape deck!

You missed the glory days of tape trading and mixtapes didn't you?

And an 8-track player!

And a reel-to-reel magnetic tape!

And a microcassette player!

Minidisc!

Can't wait for the Torche pre-first album demos to be released on phonograph cylinder!

fail

Had a tape player. And a mini cassette recorder. That was about it for pre-CD technology. \)^o^)/

what age are you ksh?

almost 23

Answer is 22, then.

Great point.

Floor plays tonight at EB in Chicago. Anyone going?

i hear they put on a good floor show

hi custos

i'm way more shameless than custos

as we've already noted on Rolling Metal, Songs For Singles is out today!!!

need to get this so bad but have no idea when i can make it to the store

Newbury's got it for $8.99

streaming on their myspace

yeah i love this

which is probably predictable

happy floor/20 :)

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HIGH DERE

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Surprised by my dislike for this EP - really liked Meanderthal, but this seems pointless and drab.

there's this piercing sound in "Out Again" and pretty much every time I heard it today I had to take off my headphones because I thought some alarm was going off

oohhhhh shhittttt it's 7:54 PM, clearly my alarm must be going off!

Didn't find this today, will have to try again later this week. Damn me and my physical media demanding ways.

http://i51.tinypic.com/11j7ymv.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/ou4c1x.gif

^love this dude^

i like this band for being a better version of the foo figthers songs i like

This thing is great, love it from front-to-back. Could do without seeing the Foo Fighters pop up in nearly every Torche discussion though. Sure, there was a time when that kinda fit, but I don't hear anything on this one that sounds even remotely like them. Not calling anyone in this thread out solely, I've also seen this in quite a few reviews of this.

ya this is sweet esp. hideaway

i really like the long jam at the end of "out again." am i wrong, or is this as blissed out and joyful as torche has ever been?

well see i think it does sound a lot like the foo fighters and i've never even really read anything about these guys it just struck me that way.

also the foo fighters are a pretty good band at the end of the day

no & no

foo fighters have some solid singles

i like torche, a lot, but they sucked live last night. like, a whole set of thudding muddy sludge instead of the pop stuff. homeboy has never been great at the straight up thud and anyway this is new orleans and we have more muddy sludge than we know what to do with.

(kylesa were boring/pleasant as usual)

i know people are big on floor or cavity or whatever but the best floor song is "downed star" which is basically a downtuned hum song.

new ep is really good though, wish they'd played some of that stuff.

Floor rule (as did Cavity)

Man, Torche ruled live when I saw them open for Boris. Very fun set.

I kinda like the Foo Fighters too, at least many of their singles, but I look for completely different things from each band. I won't hate on anyone for hearing a similarity, but "sounds like a sludgier Foo Fighters" has become sort of a lazy shorthand for Torche at this point.

there goes my ufo, watch it as it goes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQuMF8ssiK0

THIS SONG. THIS. SONG.

just bought my ticket for 10/23 @ mideast--you should come or i'll have no friends there

what's the price yo?

22 after ticketweb raping

dope! I'll buy a ticket tomorrow

:D

Come up to Portland on the 21st! Only $15 and change.

i like that torche song markers posted. it doesn't seem especially "metal," tho. more like just heavy rock.

listen to meanderthal right now

yeah? what little i recall about the meanderthal samples suggested that it was more "metal" than the new one. i'll check it out now.

the new one has more straightup melodic stuff but meanderthal has the better songs overall. i guess just listen to both. but the song markers posted is VERY reminiscent of "across the shields" which is one of the best two meanderthal songs.

just paid 4 my ticket

So the Floor box set has been staring down at me from the shelves of my local for the past three months (the $40 8-CD version), is it worth taking the plunge?

they r kewl live band. big business was good too

Oops.

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/46038-bat-pisses-in-torche-guitarists-eye/

I'm glad he's alive and doing fine, but that would've made one of the best rock n roll death stories ever.

Whoa whoa ho ho
You're a rock and roll
Batpisscide

New album is criminally good and catchy. Would have sold multiple millions in 1994.

solitary traveler

Harmonicraft has become my go-to headphone record while working out at the gym. My gym is on the 2nd floor of a building across the street from a beach and has floor-to-ceiling windows that look out at the ocean.

This evening while on the cardio machine, with the sun setting and my heart rate way up, just as the chorus of "Kicking" dropped i saw a Humpback Whale breach and splash down in to the shimmering water. It was awesome.

http://i.imgur.com/blwjFHL.gif

Just jogged to this about 2 hours ago. ^5 bro

o/

https://soundcloud.com/season-of-mist/floor-war-party

http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/floor-oblation-600x600.jpg

Vinyl release got put back a month thanks to damn RSD hogging the pressing plants but the label gave us a free download (but not flacs)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxp77nZcm9k

new song on itunes and spotify

new to Torche. obv into stoner stuff but I had a hard time convincing myself to listen to Torche because of the descriptions given of them; I like my sludge/stoner stuff to be dank and depressing and the idea of poppy melodies and shit didn't appeal to me.

they came by a few weeks ago and I was bored and it was $10 so I figured why not check it out and the opening strains of Meanderthal were like the coolest fucking thing ever and on listening to em this is pretty great stuff. really love the s/t and Meanderthal, still need some more time to determine what I think of Restarter.

also got the Floor box cos it was only $26 on Amazon, have enjoyed listening to each disc at random to see their progression. On Dove right now..

Like you, I was late to the party, mostly for the same reasons you mentioned. I've since converted big time and I think the new one is my favorite!

Wise decision to grab that Floor box, great stuff in there.

It took me a while to get into Restarter because I thought it wasn't poppy enough (I usually have the opposite problem) but it's pretty good. It's gonna sound REALLY good if/when the weather gets a lot warmer.

I think if it was poppier, I might not have given it a chance (I didn't like the previous stuff much, but now I'm going back to all of it). "No Servants" is my JAM.

Also, bought the deluxe edition of the vinyl direct from the label just for "Harmonslaught" - man, what a riff!

These guys have a real cool sound. You can definitely see where it might have come from but the mixing of those sounds is really unique. I'd definitely like to see Torche live to see how it goes over.

torche is a great live band

New album, Admission, out on Friday. First impressions are very good so far. Picking up where Restarter left off.