Lament is testament to the power held in each new day, and the moments to be discovered within, delivered with crushing passion by a band worth standing behind.
These guys are still writing and playing at the top of their game, making another album that’s just as brutal as Stage Four, if not a little more palatable for everyday listening.
Stage Four was a momentous release that found ways to musically express its heart-wrenching story. Lament feels more like Touché Amoré's essential form.
Lament will be another great tool and guide for coping with this grey existence – especially when we’ll all eventually get to revel in it together and heal as one.
Touché Amoré's Lament doesn't push the band's sound in new directions. Instead, it builds on what the Los Angeles post-hardcore band do so well already.
They’re very, very close to hitting the sweet spot and releasing the album of their lives. But Lament is a valiant effort and a step in the right direction.
Lament contains some of Touché Amoré's catchiest and most versatile songs, but not all of its risks pan out.
Whilst there is a disappointing second half to Lament, the first 6 tracks are unmissable, essential rock songs.
2020 MUST HEAR ALBUM #40
Aside from a few singles here and there and a complete re-recording of their debut in 2019, Touché Amoré have mostly been on the down low since their 2016 album, 'Stage Four', an album that shook me to my core when I first heard it and the sheer devastation and intensity of which is unlike anything else I've experienced with music in recent years. If you're familiar with that record, I'm sure I need not explain what that album is largely about, as it's ... read more
Touché Amoré has always been a band that really stood out to me amongst the sea of the last decade's post-hardcore revivalism. From the shock-to-the-senses bombast of their first two projects, to breakout conceptual albums focusing on the issues of legacy and morbidity, the band seems never short of ideas that coalesce into some beautiful releases. While not interconnected as tightly as Stage Four, Lament is still a formidable coverage of new ground for Touché Amoré, ... read more
I realized something while listening to this album. There's a difference between being loud an anger. Being loud is simply for dynamic, and can sound cool, but anger is an emotion that has layers. The amount of passion in this album is why this feels like anger. In other words, powerful stuff. Great album.
‘Lament’ isn’t nearly as thematically precise as ‘Is Surviving By’ or ‘Stage Four,’ but still dabbles in similar internal uncertainties and general emotional beats. The band’s sound remains largely the same, but is structured for more pop appeal, with tracks like “Reminders” feeling particularly anthemic. They do lose a bit of their usual edge in the process, yet never seem disingenuous in doing so, and the results are catchy enough ... read more
1 | Come Heroine 2:50 | 77 |
2 | Lament 3:20 | 68 |
3 | Feign 2:48 | 73 |
4 | Reminders 3:03 | 75 |
5 | Limelight 5:02 feat. Manchester Orchestra | 72 |
6 | Exit Row 2:16 | 65 |
7 | Savoring 2:56 | 69 |
8 | A Broadcast 3:01 | 58 |
9 | I'll Be Your Host 3:27 | 74 |
10 | Deflector 3:31 | 69 |
11 | A Forecast 3:38 | 67 |
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