Post-hardcore greats Touché Amoré have shared the second single from their upcoming sixth album Spiral In A Straight Line. Titled “Hal Ashby,” it’s a nod to the famed director of Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Being There, and other classics who gets namedropped in the lyrics (“a misguided Hal Ashby catastrophe”) and also referenced in the Sean Stout-directed music video. Vocalist Jeremy Bolm calls the video “half a love letter to Hal and half a dreamlike interpretation of the song as a whole. Something that can be misunderstood as this or that — and finding the grace in-between.” The song toes the line between staying true to Touché’s classic melodic hardcore sound and also defying it, with an underlying acoustic guitar and other non-hardcore elements. Check out the song and video below.
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Touché also have a tour coming up with Soul Glo, Portrayal of Guilt, and Soft Blue Shimmer. Their upcoming album was produced by Ross Robinson and it features collaborations with Julien Baker and Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr’s Lou Barlow. It arrives Oct. 11 via Rise (preorder).
Touché Amoré tour dates
9/26 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life 2024
10/9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Regent
10/11 – San Diego, CA @ The Cashbah
10/12 – Fresno, CA @ Strummers
10/13 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock
10/15 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
10/16 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
10/17 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
10/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
10/19 – Englewood, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
10/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/22 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
10/23 – Detroit, MI @ Tangent
10/25 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
10/26 – Gainesville, FL @ Vivid (The Fest)
10/27 – Gainesville, FL @ Bo Diddley Plaza (The Fest)
10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)
10/29 – Durham, NC @ The Fruit
10/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
11/1 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/3 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
