![]() ![]() Without a doubt, Touche Amore's "Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me" is a stunning full length achievement on any scale. ![]() While "Method Act" and the emotional "Condolences" show the band experimenting with epic leanings while maintaining their beloved trademark character. Songs like "Home Away From Here" and "Sesame" are great examples of this, infectious in their sound and moving lyrical spirit. Serving as an open window into his constant soul searching amid life's constant trials and tribulations. ![]() To some, this lyrical writing could read as a diary based purely in self deprecation, but his words cut and pull from a much deeper place in the heart. His straight forward cries convincingly tell his own personal story. And seconds later, when vocalist/lyricist Jeremy Bolm screams ".I'm parting the sea between brightness and me.", a tone of desperation sets in that resonates throughout the duration of the album. The serene and fragile opening notes of "Tilde" serve as the album's introductory serenade before Touche Amore pound and jangle into the hook-laden song. Creating a sound that is shockingly simple as it is emotionally engaging. In the purest form possible, raw shouted vocals and clean manic guitars fight for volume over roomy bass and percussion. In "Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me", Touche Amore's creative formula is driven by emotional affect, not contemporary studio effects. There under Rose's attentive ears, Touche Amore poured their patchwork soul into their latest work, "Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me". With a population of just over four thousand people, Eudora may be a peculiar place for a punk band to go, but nestled in its rural isolation is acclaimed engineer Ed Rose and his Black Lodge Studios (formerly Redhouse Recording Studio). In February of 2011, Touche Amore piled into their beat up tour van in an Los Angeles suburb and set off on a twenty six hour journey to Eudora, Kansas. Touche Amore are a thought provoking, passionate hardcore/punk band from Los Angeles, California. If you're into La Dispute, Pianos Become The Teeth and Defeater look out for this one. ![]()
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