Based on packaging alone this is a must buy. Torche never disappoints when it comes to vinyl so I’m not surprised, but this… this is just awesome. Huge fold out poster insert of a hyper-colored brain or intestines or some other innards? Check. Clear pink vinyl? Uh huh. Download code? Fo sho. And might I add that the download code itself is fucking awesome. At first I didn’t think it came with one, then I read online somewhere that it came with a “download button”. You what now? So I look over at the button that is sitting on my desk that came with the record and really tiny along the spine of the button is a web address where you can download the Mp3 for Torche’s track. Why they didn’t also give access to the Boris track is beyond me but this was such a cool and creative idea that I didn’t care.
Torche is definitely straying a little away from their earlier brand of metal for a more shoegazy stoner metal jam bandy thing. But it works. Everything from the drumming to the distorted vocals works. Who is King Beef? I dunno. What’s the song about? Again, don’t know, don’t care. It owns and got me even more excited about their upcoming full length. Going from a 4 piece to a 3 piece hasn’t hurt their sound in the slightest. And if you have the chance to see them live, do it, they’re fucking loud as Motorhead and will destroy you.
The Boris track was awesome as well. I wasn’t too familiar with the band before hearing Luna. I’d heard of them but not heard them. Ya know? But yeah man, they were on point and very similar in style to bands like Jesu or some such. Proggy, metally, hardcorey, stonery, shoegazy, etc, etc, etc. I really dug their track and will search out more stuff by them next time I’m out record shopping. Also it should be noted that they are from Japan. If you are reading this and are from Japan yourself, The FSS would like you to tell all your friends about our awesome website. We want to be your friends. We want to be big in Japan. I’m serious. This was an actual FSS marketing strategy at one point. A poorly executed strategy (ie we never pursued it), but a strategy nonetheless. So yeah if you’re from Japan and stumbled on this article, hook it up. We’ll even come to you’re country if that works (all expenses paid by you of course).
Hydra Head’s webstore is already sold out but they are urging people to go to their local record shops to find copies. I also urge the same.
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