When you are dead, who will remember you and what will they remember?
It's hard, isn't it. To think of yourself as leaving thoughts that others will carry after you were gone. That you will exist only in those thoughts.
Now imagine you are Jeremy Bolm and you are the frontman of Touche Amore one of the principal bands in modern hardcore. Kids love you, look up to you, they follow you to dingy clubs and halls and they scream along to words you have written. You mean something to you.
Once you leave, will they still care, will they remember your words? Will your band fade into the realm of obscurity.
On Is Survived By, Touche Amore question what it means to have a legacy, and they do it damn well.
They've abandoned the formulaic musicianship and overwrought lyrics of Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me in favor of melodic emo-ish guitar lines and meditative, erudite prose. The newfound musicianship help cover the only flaw in the record- namely, Jeremy Bolm's monotone vocal delivery. He carries the same hardcore bark throughout the record, never change style or pitch.
Despite that issue, this is an excellent album and a big leap forward for the band.
8.5/10
No comments:
Post a Comment