Torche, the Southeastern quartet whose effortless knack for combining lush melodies with heavy music have turned out some of the most inspired albums over the last decade, share a new song “Annihilation Affair”.
Listen to “Annihilation Affair” on soundcloud here
Torche’s new album Restarter will be out on Relapse Records on February 20 in GAS, Benelux and Finland, February 23 in the rest of Europe and UK and on February 24 in the US.
Bass player and producer Jonathan Nuñez said of the new album: “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.”
The band offered up the first listen to their new music with the December stream of“Minions”, a song Nuñez told Rolling Stone was a “classic Torche song” and went on to call a “heavy, melodic crusher.”
Restarter will be released on CD/LP/Deluxe 2xLP/Cassette/Digital, with pre-orders available now with songs “Harmonslaught” and “Rock ‘N’ Roll Mantasy,” will be included on deluxe editions. Digital pre-orders offer an instant download of “Annihilation Affair”(http://geni.us/RestarterDLX), Bandcamp (www.torche.bandcamp.com) and physically via Relapse (http://www.relapse.com/torche-restarter).
“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).
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 – Merleyn
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
