Torche – Admission (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:00 minutes | 888 MB | Genre: Stoner Rock, Sludge
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Relapse Records
15 years into their career, Torche have established themselves as a cornerstone of American heavy rock. Their highly anticipated new album, Admission, sees the band expanding on the themes and songwriting prowess that have always reverberated with music fans throughout their critically acclaimed discography. Everything about Admission feels like an elevation. Torche’s guitar work is loaded with powerful, refreshing riffing and an array of profound textures, proving to be more versatile and crushing than ever before. The band’s unforgettable vocal harmonies are met with hook-driven, pop sensibilities that propel the music to new heights. Track such as “Slide”, “Times Missing”, and the monumental title track see Torche hone in on these very elements to create one of 2019’s most captivating albums. Admission is a triumph, as it launches Torche forward into the next chapter of their already inimitable career.
The follow-up to the Sunshine State doom-poppers’ stellar 2015 effort Restarter, Admission delivers pummeling delights and underscores Torche’s reputation for striking a winning balance between might and brevity. Their fifth studio long-player, the 11-track set doesn’t veer too far from the formula the group set out to perfect in 2005 with the release of their eponymous debut. Combining combustive beats and face-melting blasts of doom, sludge, and stoner metal-worthy riffs with soaring, shoegazey melodies, Admission feels both punitive and uplifting; it’s a stentorian call to arms that uses the sonic template set forth by bands like Earth and Sunn 0))), but tempers the acrid smoke and hellfire with clarion blasts of icy blue water. Commencing with the one-two punch of “From Here” and “Submission” — the former a short, controlled burst of damaging hail and the latter a hypnotic, yet no less propulsive two-chord workout — Admission never really lets up. The crunchy, Zeppelin-esque “Slide” is a beast; the majestic title track deftly weaves elements of motorik post-punk and stadium-ready alt-rock into its sonorous embrace; and the widescreen closer, “Changes Come,” suggests what Guided by Voices would have sounded like had Robert Pollard ingested as much Black Sabbath as he did the Beatles and the Who. Torche can get dirty as well, as evidenced by the gnarly, Alice in Chains-meets-Mastodon attack of “Extremes of Consciousness” and the scorching, aptly named “Inferno,” but for the most part Admission administers seismic confections that vary in sweetness but always satisfy. ~ James Christopher Monger
Tracklist:
01. From Here
02. Submission
03. Slide
04. What Was
05. Times Missing
06. Admission
07. Reminder
08. Extremes of Consciousness
09. On the Wire
10. Infierno
11. Changes Come
Download:
