Touche Amore – ‘Lament’

It’s been four years since Touche Amore released ‘Stage Four’ – a devastating record built thematically around vocalist Jeremy Bolm losing his mother to cancer, covering all the mourning, regret and hindsight that comes with loss in such painstaking detail that many found it difficult to listen to. New album ‘Lament’ details what life has been like for the band since then, tackling themes of fragility, empathy, politics, and love while pushing forward a newfound sense of hope. Touche Amore have always been great at hard-hitting opening tracks, and ‘Come Heroine’ is no exception as it comes clattering through at breakneck speed with the band’s distinctive blend of bright, angular guitar tones and penetrative, melodious bass lines setting the stage perfectly for Jeremy Bolm’s naturally...