Touché Amoré is an American post-hardcore band from Los
Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The band consists of vocalist Jeremy Bolm,
guitarists Clayton Stevens and Nick Steinhardt, bassist Tyler Kirby, and
drummer Elliot Babin. Among other releases, they have released five studio
albums.
I am going with Benediction from their album Stage Four. The album’s title refers to the fact that it is the band's fourth album as well as singer Jeremy Bolm's mother dying from cancer which is the central inspiration for most of the album's lyrics. There’s a song on the record called “Eight Seconds” about Touché Amoré playing Fest in Gainesville and then Jeremy walking off stage and learning his mum had passed away.
Stage Four is an unbelievable record and possibly the most emotionally resonant hardcore album I’ve ever heard. If I’m gonna listen to Touché, I’m gonna listen to Stage Four.
Benediction is the centrepiece of the album, where Bolm works out that grief less with the raspy scream for which he's known and more with a sombre voice over cascading, hum-like guitars.
In this video, Bolm goes to his mother's hometown, where, against corn fields and long buildings and even longer grey skies, he contemplates the place that inspired her to leave.
"'Benediction' tells the story of my brother and I driving to Norfolk, Neb., to bury my mother's ashes," Bolm writes. "It's a small farm town north of Omaha. Touché Amoré started our last tour in Nebraska, so I flew out early and made this with Chris Willmore filming and Sean Stout editing.
If you can face the emotional rollercoaster then give the album a listen.
I am going with Benediction from their album Stage Four. The album’s title refers to the fact that it is the band's fourth album as well as singer Jeremy Bolm's mother dying from cancer which is the central inspiration for most of the album's lyrics. There’s a song on the record called “Eight Seconds” about Touché Amoré playing Fest in Gainesville and then Jeremy walking off stage and learning his mum had passed away.
Stage Four is an unbelievable record and possibly the most emotionally resonant hardcore album I’ve ever heard. If I’m gonna listen to Touché, I’m gonna listen to Stage Four.
Benediction is the centrepiece of the album, where Bolm works out that grief less with the raspy scream for which he's known and more with a sombre voice over cascading, hum-like guitars.
In this video, Bolm goes to his mother's hometown, where, against corn fields and long buildings and even longer grey skies, he contemplates the place that inspired her to leave.
"'Benediction' tells the story of my brother and I driving to Norfolk, Neb., to bury my mother's ashes," Bolm writes. "It's a small farm town north of Omaha. Touché Amoré started our last tour in Nebraska, so I flew out early and made this with Chris Willmore filming and Sean Stout editing.
If you can face the emotional rollercoaster then give the album a listen.
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