Post-hardcore greats Touché Amoré have shared the second single from their upcoming sixth album Spiral In A Straight Line. Titled “Hal Ashby,” it’s a nod to the famed director of Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Being There, and other classics who gets namedropped in the lyrics (“a misguided Hal Ashby catastrophe”) and also referenced in the Sean Stout-directed music video. Vocalist Jeremy Bolm calls the video “half a love letter to Hal and half a dreamlike interpretation of the song as a whole. Something that can be misunderstood as this or that — and finding the grace in-between.” The song toes the line between staying true to Touché’s classic melodic hardcore sound and also defying it, with an underlying acoustic guitar and other non-hardcore elements. Check out the song and video below.
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Touché also have a tour coming up with Soul Glo, Portrayal of Guilt, and Soft Blue Shimmer. Their upcoming album was produced by Ross Robinson and it features collaborations with Julien Baker and Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr’s Lou Barlow. It arrives Oct. 11 via Rise (preorder).
Touché Amoré tour dates9/26 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life 202410/9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Regent10/11 – San Diego, CA @ The Cashbah10/12 – Fresno, CA @ Strummers10/13 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock10/15 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater10/16 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile10/17 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall10/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex10/19 – Englewood, CO @ The Gothic Theatre10/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line10/22 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge10/23 – Detroit, MI @ Tangent10/25 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern10/26 – Gainesville, FL @ Vivid (The Fest)10/27 – Gainesville, FL @ Bo Diddley Plaza (The Fest)10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)10/29 – Durham, NC @ The Fruit10/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw11/1 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat11/2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer11/3 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
