![]() ![]() “But, I admit that I really enjoy the flex of what we can pull and what we can do at this point.”Įxpanding on that “flex”, Bolm told us about the newer collaborations that have found their way onto Lament. “It’s funny, being this far into a…” he laughs, “I hesitate to say career because that makes it sound much more professional than being in a punk band is.” Those records often don’t hold up because they seem like they have a lot of fillers. I fear saying these things because I never want it to sound too grandiose, but I know there are the type of bands that have been around a long time and are a few albums deep who will go into the studio with three to four really good songs and work out the rest in the studio. “We feel very lucky to be in the position that our music has let us dip our toe into a lot of different worlds or scenes and find our little place in all of them and not feel like we are outcasts.” Now with Lament, Bolm hopes the group’s music will continue to reach new crowds. ![]() “For lack of a better thing to say, I think we have just gotten a lot better at writing songs so we trust ourselves a lot more.”įirst popping onto the post-hardcore scene in 2007 and adopting a style of poetic lyricism, Touche Amore have worked hard to well and truly establish their place in punk rock communities worldwide. “ I fear saying these things because I never want it to sound too grandiose, but I know there are the type of bands that have been around a long time and are a few albums deep who will go into the studio with three to four really good songs and work out the rest in the studio. It requires a lot of work and patience and understanding with each other but we are all much happier with the songs.”Įlaborating on how the group established such a harsh guideline and how recording strays from demos and ideas, Bolm says, “Sometimes I will have rough plans of what I think it will sound like, but once you get the five of us in a room-what we get is what we sound like. ![]() There’s no compromise any more, which can be tough. “When we have recorded records we adhere to a strict guideline that we won’t enter the studio until all five of us love every single part in every song.” MORE: KICK OUT THE JAMS with IN HEARTS WAKE // ALPHA WOLF: Nothing Quiet About It REVIEWS: ALPHA WOLF: a quiet place to die // MARILYN MANSON: We Are Chaos // KING PARROT: Holed Up In The Lair // MOVEMENTS: No Good Left To Give // ENSLAVED: Utgard // DEFTONES: Ohms // TOUCHE AMORE: Lament With album number five, ‘ Lament’, set for release October 9th (Epitaph Records), vocalist Jeremy Bolm of Touche Amore speaks about how the band adopted a new writing process for the upcoming release. ![]()
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