Doom-pop flame-keepers Torche are all set to release their first new record in over four years next month before heading out for a month-long summer tour in July, and today they've teamed with Revolver to premiere their massive new single, "Times Missing."
Making the most of their signature chest-rumbling, feedback-soaked sludge, the foursome's latest plays out like a nostalgic trip through joyful times long gone, laden with melancholic repeater riffs that stir up a gloomy, pensive mood. Vocalist Steve Brooks' gorgeously forlorn delivery draws in the listener with its hypnotic drone, allowing for subtle accents in the music to shine through as the track's thick atmosphere swirls.
"'Times Missing' is a Jekyll and Hyde song about the nights you don't remember, but everyone else does," Brooks explains, evoking the foggy anxiety of a bad hangover. Post-bender or not, the central theme of lost time and missing memories is one of universal appeal as we all lose moments as age and life take their toll. Leaning hard into this tough reality, the song serves as a touching, relatable elegy to the unforgiving onward march of time.
Torche's coming record, Admission, is set to drop via Relapse Records on July 12th. Pre-orders are available in physical and digital formats at this location, and the band will kick off its next string of dates on July 8th in Tampa, Florida, following two festival appearances later this month. See below for a full list of dates.
Torche tour dates:
06/15 Denver, CO @ Electric Funeral Fest IV
06/19 Calgary, AB @ Sled Island FEstival
07/08 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
07/09 Jacksonville, FL @ The Justice Pub
07/10 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
07/11 Lancaster, PA @ The Chameleon *
07/12 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance *
07/13 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount *
07/14 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre *
07/16 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
07/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls *
07/18 Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
07/19 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
07/20 Detroit, MI @ The Majestic *
07/21 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe *
07/22 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
07/23 Palatine, IL @ Durty Nellies *
07/24 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's *
07/25 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
07/26 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room *
07/27 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater *
07/28 St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room *
07/31 Washington, DC @ Black Cat ^
08/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts ^
08/02 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar ^
08/03 Allston, MA @ Great Scott ^
08/04 Providence, RI @ The Met ^
08/05 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lane ^
08/06 Harrisonburg, VA @ Golden Pony #
08/07 Wilmington, NC @ Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern #
08/08 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade #
08/09 Orlando, FL @ The Plaza &
08/10 Miami, FL @ Las Rosa's (FREE SHOW) #
09/21 Asheville, NC @ Heavy Mountain
11/01-03 Gainesville, FL @ The Fest
11/09 Austin, TX @ Levitation
^ (w/ Wear Your Wounds)
# (w/ Whores.)
* (w/ Baroness)
& (w/ Baroness and War on Women)
