Artist:Touche Amore
Song:Skyscraper
Album:Stage Four
Touche Amore is a post hardcore band that was formed in Los Angeles in 2007. What is post hardcore? Well, hardcore was an offshoot of punk. When hardcore faded in the 00s, bands like Touche Amore sprung up to replace them. They still had elements of hardcore but with a softer sound. Lead singer Jeremy Bolm was a post hardcore fan before he started the band. He had started a fansite for the post hardcore band Thursday. Then he decided to form a post hardcore band. They released a demo. By the time Touche Amore released the 2009 album To the Beat of a Dead Horse, the band was Clayton Stevens and Nick Steinhardt on guitar, Tyler Kirby on bass and Elliot Babin on drums. The album got positive reviews from Alternative Press and others. And that was enough to get Touche Amore a record deal with the indie label Deathwish. The two albums on Deathwish did well enough to get them a record deal with Epitaph Records owned by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion. So now they are on the largest post hardcore label. Bolm dedicated the 2016 album Stage Four to his late mother's battle with cancer. The songs are credited to the band though Bolm writes them all. They share the royalties. Brad Wood was credited as producer. He's a recording engineer so I think the band self produces. That's not unusual for this kind of music. This is probably the album you should get if you are interested in this kind of music. It's available as a digital download. Touche Amore released two albums on Epitaph. They signed with Rise Records for the 2024 album Spiral in a Straight Line. Bands like Touche Amore are constantly on tour. Currently they are on a European tour. They may be due for a new album after that. Here's the video for Skysraper by Touche Amore.
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