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Album Review: Touche Amore’s ‘Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me’

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The second Touche Amore announced they were writing/recording a new album, it instantly became the most anticipated album of the year for me. Very few bands have gained the amount of attention and momentum that Touche Amore in the past year. From doing self releases to now being signed to Deathwish Inc., things are changing for the band. Did this affect their sophomore release for better or worse? Was the album worth crashing the Deathwish Inc. E-Store? Read past the break for my review of “Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me. Enjoy! 


The album opens up with “~“, pronounced “tilde” and with the first few opening notes the song pulls you in slowly only to come crushing down on you with Jeremy’s first opening lines screaming: “I’m parting the sea between brightness and me! Before I drown myself and everyone and everything!“. It’s fair to say from this moment on you are hooked with Jeremy‘s screaming, super clean blast beats and crushing guitars. 
The album moves rather quickly and, before you know it, you’re on track seven going “What the hell just happened?”. And this is a good thing. The lyrics to this album hit really hard emotionally. The tone of the lyrics bounces back and forth between giving up and having hope, highlighting what it really feels like being in your mid-20s not knowing what to do or how to handle things at times. Ed Rose produced this having previously worked with The Get Up Kids and Coalesce I felt that he was super appropriate for Touche Amore. The album was recorded over the span of five days with him having the band being recorded live to achieve an “honest/raw feel”. 
I say without a doubt that “honest/raw” feel they were going for was definitely achieved. I can’t remember the last time an album moved me like this. Maybe because I’m the same age group as the band or maybe it’s because I feel music, especially hardcore music, really needs a band like this. The last three songs blend together the nicest. The whole album really flows nicely but those last three songs just really stand out. “Condolences” being the album’s only “slow” track serves as a nice build up for the next song. Only a piano is being played during the song with Jeremy screaming in what sounds like a very hollow room matching the tone of the song. With a line in particular standing out “If you fantasize about your funeral, I understand. I’ve been there before. If there’s more importance in the music played than who’d attend, then we are the same!“. “Home Away From Here” and “Amends” tie a nice bow to finish the album up with the last line being “For what it’s worth, I’m sorry and at the end, I swear I’m trying!“. 
To be honest I can’t say enough nice things about this album. I knew it would be perfect and it definitely exceeded my expectations. The band really stepped it up, made some changes and came out with a fantastic record. This is not an album that should be overlooked by any means. Please pick this album up, support this band and this album. Bands like this deserve all the support they can get. 
5 out of 5 skulls
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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