Torche - Meanderthal
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Artist: TorcheEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Music Label: Hydra Head Records
Soundtracks:
- Triumph of Venus
- Grenades
- Pira?a
- Sandstorm
- Speed of the Nail
- Healer
- Across the Shields
- Sundown
- Little Champion
- Without A Sound
- Fat Waves
- Amnesian
- Meanderthal
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Free Music Review: Sludge/Drone-Metal Sophistication Meets Rock Energy
Hit: 5 Stars
The problem with a lot of rock and punk music is that all-too-often there isn't enough backing the standard "catchiness" and energy to make it hold up over repeated listens. And especially for those of us headphone-listeners, such music seems flat and lacking texture.
For sludge/drone/"post"-metal (there's far too many names for this loose confederation of bands), the problem is very much the opposite. For all the carefully-crafted texture, soundscapes and melodies, time/signature changes and complex drum-work there isn't much of the music that is instantly accessible - no melodies that are easy to hum along with, no beats that are easy to tap out - and hence the genre toils in obscurity.
If only there was a band that could combine the strengths of both and hence eliminate their weaknesses... fortunately, TORCHE is to the rescue with their sophomore effort Meanderthal.
Writing almost radio-friendly rock songs and infusing them with the ponderous depth of post-metal and the energy (and brevity) of punk rock, Torche have found a groove that should resonate with a lot of people. This is music that you can play at parties or with a car-full of friends who have never heard of Isis or Pelican or Neurosis (I tried this experiment myself), but also music that you can take home and throw on the home stereo or headphones and also appreciate the details that Torche have ingrained into each one of their songs.
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Torche boasts members of Hydra Head alumni band Cavity as well as Floor. Call this the latest and greatest bomb-string stoner pop/thunder rock/doom pop classic from Torche mastermind Steve Brooks and his fellow hook heroes. Call it the sweetest, catchiest, hugest riff colossus since "Sky Valley". "A pure sludge bulldozer" - Spin. "At long last, we know what life would be like in a parallel universe where The Melvins became a pop sensation instead of Nirvana" - Revolver. Look for them at SXSW and on a full European tour. They've shared stages with Isis, Jesu, Baroness, and Mogwai, among others.Vinyl Pressing of Meanderthal by Torche. Can a band be absolutely crushing yet sweepingly anthemic at the same time? Miami's Torche have not only figured this out, they've mastered it. Their third release, Meanderthal, is simultaneously oppressive and powerfully uplifting. Torche's gargantuan return to their patented megaheavy pop 'n' roll streamlines their form into brief and precise slabs of songwriting brilliance. Prepare to headbang while singing along at the top of your collapsed lungs as Meanderthal surpasses all groundwork laid by the band's self-titled debut and last year's In Return EP. Copious hooks abound and psychedelic swarms of drone weave throughout riff-wizardry while the sheer heaviness is downright overwhelming.
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