Is Survived By
On their new Is Survived By, LA post-hardcore outfit Touché Amoré emphasizes a studied recklessness, cranking out one anthemic riff after another, providing a familiar melodic framework that just skirts total recall.
Longevity is rarely a trait hardcore bands possess. It’s well documented that the genre’s progenitors were dissolving as quickly as they formed, and this instability has seemingly become part of the formula for emerging bands as well. Those that make it to a third release (whether it be an EP or LP) have often faced…
The third studio album from Touché Amoré, 2013's Is Survived By features more of the Los Angeles hardcore outfit's furious, passionate, intensely personal sound.
Following on from a series of strong split releases, L.A.'s most inviting hardcore outfit make their highly anticipated return. Less immediate than their 2011 breakthrough – the stellar Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me – Is Survived By distances itself from straight-up aggression and finds the band on experimental form. Harbour is mid-tempo by their standards and concentrates more on texture and melody, whereas Non-Fiction builds up in its first half before bursting into cathartic release in its climax.
To call Touché Amoré a "hardcore" band at this point would be a bit of a stretch — they're only hardcore in spirit and emotional inten...
Touché Amoré is a progressive/melodic hardcore band hailing out of Los Angeles, best known for their excellent song structure and heartfelt lyricism that is simple and direct in delivery, largely dispensing with cheap metaphor or abstraction. Along with lightly distorted guitars and plenty of memora
Deathwish, Inc. circa 2013 has quite the fascination with the pretty music/harsh vocal contrast
Touche Amore - Is Survived By review: Is Survived By is awesome. Listen to it.