Line #45 Music/ToucheAmore


1	-> ''"If you fantasize about your funeral, I understand\
2	I've been there before\
3	If what's more important is the music played\
4	Than who'd attend\
5	We are the same\
6	With heads to the ground\
7	As I'm lowered down\
8	There will be a chorus\
9	An overwhelming sound."''
10	-->-- "Condolences"
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13	Touché Amoré is an American post-hardcore band from Burbank, California, formed in 2007. After releasing a self-produced demo on No Sleep Records (one of the label's first releases), they released their debut album ''...To the Beat of a Dead Horse'' on 6131 Records in 2009. In 2011 they signed to Deathwish Inc., and that same year put out ''Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me'' as their sophomore album. In 2013 they released ''Is Survived By''. The band is noted for their intense live performances, "confessional" lyrics, and Jeremy Bolm's [[NoInsideVoice harsh, anguished screaming]] vocal style.
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15	The band currently consists of (founding members in bold):
16	* Vocalist '''Jeremy Bolm''' (2007-)
17	* Guitarist '''Clayton Stevens''' (2007-)
18	* Bassist Tyler Kirby (2009-)
19	* Drummer Elliot Babin (2009-)
20	* Guitarist '''Nick Steinhardt''' (bass 2007-2010, guitar 2010-)
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22	Former members:
23	* Guitarist/vocalist '''Tyson White''' (2007-2010)
24	* Drummer '''Jeremy Zsupnik''' (2007-2009)
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26	Albums:
27	* ''...To the Beat of a Dead Horse'' (2009)
28	* ''Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me'' (2011)
29	* ''Is Survived By'' (2013)
30	* ''Stage Four'' (2016)
31	* ''Lament'' (2020)
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34	!!Touche Amore provides examples of:
35	* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Subverted. The nerdy, skinny Elliot is quiet and polite... until he gets behind the kit. He's known for sitting behind the kit often wearing only his underwear. Oh, and for pooping out a moving car window.
36	* CarefulWithThatAxe: ''All'' of Jeremy Bolm's vocal work.
37	* EpicRocking: Averted - which is a surprise, since most post-hardcore bands move away from hardcore punk's short song lengths. Touche Amore, on the other hand, embrace it - until 2020, their longest song ("Skyscraper") clocked in at just 3:53, and their shortest ("Nine") at 44 seconds. "Limelight" is their first song to pass the four minute mark.
38	* GriefSong: Every song on ''Stage Four'' which is about the passing of Jeremy Bolm's mother
39	* HeavyMeta: ''Is Survived By'' is an album about writing an album, and less directly the legacy that the narrator's music leaves behind after their death.
40	* MinisculeRocking: Unsurprising considering their longest song is 4 minutes. ''...To the Beat of a Dead Horse'' Packs 11 songs into 18 minutes with the longest one being "Honest Sleep" at 2:32. ''Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me packs 13 into just over 20 with every single song except "Face Ghost" being under 2 minutes.
41	** Finally subverted in 2020, with the track "Limelight" being their first song to pass four minutes (5:02, to be exact).
42	* NoInsideVoice: To date, there's a grand total of ''one'' moment on any of their albums where Jeremy is not ''screaming his lungs out.'' It's gotten to the point where Jeremy can no longer speak without a heavy gravelly tone - and even then, his speaking voice is very soft and high-pitched.
43	* TakeThat: "WeHateFredPhelps.com" is one towards the Westboro Baptist Church, and "Hipsterectomy" and "Scene Is to Be Scene" towards the respective subcultures which the band weren't fond of at the time (see OldShame)
44	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: ''WeHateFredPhelps.com'' is a ''very blunt and brutal'' call-out to the Westboro Baptist Church.
45	* VocalEvolution: Jeremy went from a Saetia-esque growl on their earliest releases to a guttural, low-end scream on their debut LP. After that he went back to the mid-range shriek for ''Parting the Sea...'', and the majority of the time on ''Is Survived By'' he's not so much screaming for dear life as strainedly shouting, with more texture and personality to his voice.

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