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| Touche Amore/Pianos Become the Teeth Genre: Melodic Hardcore/Post Hardcore Label: Deathwish Inc. |
So on Friday I was able to pick up the Touche Amore/ Pianos Become the Teeth split EP from Deathwish Inc. and it arrived in my mailbox on a warm little Tuesday so I figured I might as well give it a review!
I'll get the worst out of the way first, so I'll start with the Touche Amore side. In this past year my relationship with TA has soured. I loved To The Beat of a Dead Horse. Sure, its lyrics were overwrought and the vocals leaned a little towards the campy side, but the honesty was what made Touche Amore great. The album was also short, curt, and to the point. When Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me was released, I was stoked. It was a good album, but it lacked the immediacy of their first album. What seemed like intense lyrical honesty now came across as goofy but the music was good and I windmilled and stage dived just like everyone else at their Sound and the Fury set in 2012.
It was at that show that they debuted the song on the split, entitled "Gravity Metaphorically." I remember it being a bit of white noise at the show and that is what it is on the split, a Touche Amore song with nothing special to divert it from the rest of their output. With lines like and I know that with the door closed I am shutting everyone out and the melodic guitar lines backed by thrashy drums and power chords, this is the Touche Amore you know and like. Solid fair, just nothing special.
The next band, as you know, is Pianos Become the Teeth. Their mix of post-rock with classic screamo influences combined with an incredibly consistent group of records and EP's has made them one of my favorite bands of all time. This song is slightly more melodic then their normal output but it is as brilliant as ever. The guitars are as anthemic and fist pumping as ever and the vocals are the fragile, wavering exercise in emotion that we should all expect. Vocalist Kyle Durfey writes some incredibly personal lyrics. There's no good in your eyes anymore, and it makes you want to drive home drunk and alone. Some heavy brilliant stuff.
Overall, the split is unwaveringly decent. One great song by Pianos Become the Teeth and one good song by Touche Amore for $6. Go buy it if you're in the market for some emotive post hardcore (and we all know you are). Also, Deathwish Inc. is one of the coolest record labels around. All of their bands are consistently great and they deserve your support.
8/10.
Tommorow I'll be reviewing the newest comp tape by DIY crust label Moshpit Tragedy, have a discussion about Anarchism, and talk about Thomas More.
Up the punx!
