Miami stoner rockers Torche have just announced a short new run of headlining US dates beginning this January. The 10-day tour is set to kick off just five weeks after the band's month-long European headlining tour concludes this November. After having toured in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Europe over the past year, Torche will now bring their unique brand of rock to the US South for two weeks kicking off January 14. A complete listing of dates is available below.
Torche recently released Restarter, the band's debut for Relapse Records and its best-selling album to date. The ten-song collection landed on multiple worldwide charts and was universally lauded by press outlets worldwide. Pitchfork called Restarter Torche's "most compelling record since Meanderthal," and Entertainment Weekly dubbed the band "loud rock's most adroit genre-benders."
Restarter is available on CD/LP/2xLP/Digital and can be purchased via Relapse at THIS LOCATION or streamed & purchased digitally via Torche's Bandcamp page HERE.
Click HERE to watch Torche's music video for "Annihilation Affair".
Torche Live:
***All Dates With Jeff Carey & Day Old Man***
Jan 14 Savannah, GA Jinx
Jan 15 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade - Hell
Jan 16 Johnson City, TN The Hideaway
Jan 17 Chattanooga, TN JJ's Bohemia
Jan 18 Memphis, TN The Hi-Tone
Jan 19 Birmingham, AL Saturn
Jan 20 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
Jan 21 Gainesville, FL The Wooly
Jan 22 Orlando, FL Will's Pub
Jan 23 Miami, FL Churchill's Pub
Jan 24 Tampa, FL New World Brewery
Info/Bio:
Torche is a band consisting of four dudes playing the loudest and heaviest hard rock on the planet. Formed by vocalist and guitarist Steve Brooks in 2004 after the dissolution of cult sludge and stoner metal pioneers Floor, the group introduced the world to a refreshingly unique version of rock n' roll flavored with stoner and sludgy sensibilities. Originally from Miami, Florida, but now peppered across the country, Torche have spent the last 10 years shattering eardrums and captivating crowds with their infectiously original compositions and soaring, harmonic vocals. Over the course of the band's existence, Torche have released three critically acclaimed fullÂ-lengths as well as a series of EPs and splits with such revered labels as Hydra Head, Robotic Empire, Volcom, and Amensian. Their 2008 breakthrough Meanderthal was described by Pitchfork as "an absolutely killer rock record" and was declared the #1 album of the year by Decibel Magazine; 2012's followÂ-up Harmonicraft was called "a true gameÂ-changer" by the BBC and "a pure fountain of instant gratification" by Spin.
In addition to the praise they've received for their recorded works, Torche are known even more for their tremendous live performance and have toured the world relentlessly with a diverse pool of acts including Clutch, Mogwai, Hot Water Music, The Sword, Isis, and many more. In early 2014, the band signed with renowned label Relapse Records, and selfÂ-recorded their fourth full-Âlength record Restarter. Full of what the band describes as some of their "heaviest songs to date," the record was produced by Torche guitarist Jonathan Nunez and mixed by Converge's Kurt Ballou and was once again a masterful display of top-Ânotch songwriting, this time pitting stomach-churning lower end against the band's characteristically high-Âflying vocals. Torche are here to prove that they are heavier, louder and more humÂm-able than anyone else, and nobody dares to stand in their way.
