TORCHE announce European tour dates
New album details revealed; teaser with new music available
Torche, whose eagerly awaited Relapse Records’ debut, Restarter, have shared more details about the 10-track album, including full track list and information on various editions. The new album is slated for a release on February 20 in GAS, Benelux and Finland, February 23 in the rest of Europe and UK and on February 24 in the US.
Torche has also announced a Spring 2015 European tour. All dates:
May 02 – Leipzig, DE – Taubchental
May 03 – Wroclaw, PL – Asymmetry Festival
May 04 – Prague, CZ – 007
May 05 – Munich, DE – Ampere
May 06 – Milan, IT – Lo Fi Club
May 08 – Barcelona, SP – Rocksound
May 09 – Madrid, SP – Boute Live!
May 10 – Lisbon, PT – Musicbox
May 11 – Bilbao, SP – Kafe Antzokia
May 13 – Zurich, SZ – Dynamo
May 14 – Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof
May 15 – Cologne, DE – Underground
May 16 – Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu
May 17 – Hamburg, 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 – Crane 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 (2105)
May 31 – Nimes, FR – This is Not a Love Song
Jun 01 – Nantes, FR – Le Ferrailleur
The new 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.”
Restarter track list:
1. Annihilation Affair
2. Bishop in Arms
3. Minions
4. Loose Men
5. Undone
6. Blasted
7. No Servants
8. Believe It
9. Barrier Hammer
10. Restarter
The cover art for Restarter was done by Santos (Kylesa, High On Fire).
