Apr
The Shape of Hardcore to Come: Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré
I sat down with Jeremy Bolm, frontman of the very awesome Touché Amoré, to burst the bubble on The Wave, chat “exciting, new, honest, emotional, pissed off, REAL music” and define the shape of hardcore to come.
First off, how would you say Touché’s sound differs from more traditional hardcore bands?
When our band started we were just really influenced by throwback 90s screamo bands like Page 99. That was our influence but we’re hardcore kids an so when we were playing that stuff it just morphed into the rough Touché sound over time, we went through a number of changes and got much tighter as a band.
We’ve found our sound even more so recently… especially with the last record. I hate the term post-hardcore ‘cause I still think we’re a hardcore band… like Thursday. Thursday will tell you they’re a hardcore band even though they don’t sound like one, it’s difficult to just define something as ‘hardcore’ - it’s such a broad term.
Apr
Spotify x Hardcore
I made a little playlist to test out the new Spotify ‘play button’ web app. The list is called Hardcores: A New Hope (urgh, see what I did there?) and it’s made up of a few bands that I feel are pushing the boundaries of hardcore and helping to shape its future.
Mar
Last month I reviewed the utterly phenomenal Touché Amoré at the Camden Barfly. I also had a good chat to frontman Jeremy Bolm about the shape of hardcore to come. For me, it’s an honour to be able to work with bands like this - they’re on the forefront of something colossal.
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