Artist: TORCHE
Album: RESTARTER VINYL (LP US-IMPORT)

Release date: 2015
Media type: LP

“an absolutely killer rock record-- one that's likely to appeal to listeners into any stripe of heavy music from the past 20 years.” - Pitchfork

“a true game-changer...swaddled in glorious shimmers, ecstatically joyous guitar work and strange bouts of QOTSA-gone-Jesu abandon that are lush, plush and large enough to warrant their own postcode.” - BBC

“It's metal bowel-busters and pop earworms distilled into a pure font of instant gratification” - Spin

“a muscular barrage of ear-filling power riffs and dogged rhythm that sounds uplifting without being masked in grandiose pretension” - Popmatters



Heavy rock titans TORCHE make their Relapse debut with the thunderous 'Restarter', a ten song triumph of an album.  TORCHE rose to popularity merging huge infectious melodies with downtuned, crushing sludgey rock and on 'Restarter' they've perfected the marriage.  This is a record that is simultaneously hum-able and heavy that will just as easily appeal to fans of Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth as it will Melvins and High On Fire-heads.  But what truly sets TORCHE apart from their peers is their ability to use top-notch songwriting and soaring, harmonic vocals to create records that are heavier and louder and hookier than anyone else out there.  

Recommended if You Like: Queens Of The Stone Age, Baroness, Husker Du, Red Fang, Fugazi, Mastodon, Mudhoney ...

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Annihilation Affair
2. Bishop in Arms
3. Minions
4. Loose Men
5. Undone
6. Blasted
7. No Servants
8. Believe It
9. Barrier Hammer
10. Restarter