Torche announce new album, Restarter

Miami heavy rockers Torche are returning in 2015 with a new album called — wait for it — Restarter! The band’s follow-up to 2012’s Harmonicraft will be their first for Relapse, as announced earlier this year, and is being released on Feb. 24. That’s the album cover above. In a press release, bass player Jonathan Nunez said of the album, “The music is like what we do: very driving, very heavy on the toms, real pounding rhythm section, the guitars are just nonstop, but with a melodic twist. Then the vocals come in and it’s this whole Psychedelic Furs – and maybe Guided By Voices – phrasing.”

The group is also heading out on tour this winter. Check out the dates below.

Torche tour dates:

12/27 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
12/28 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
12/29 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
12/30 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
12/31 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
1/3 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
1/4 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
1/6 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
1/7 Houston, TX – House of Blues
1/8 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
1/9 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
1/10 Austin, TX – Emo’s
5/22 London, UK – Underworld
5/23 Leeds, UK – Belgrave Social Club
5/24 Galway, IR – Roisin Dubh
5/25 Cork, IR – Craine Lane
5/26 Dublin, IR – Grand Social
5/27 Belfast, IR – The Limelight
5/28 Glasgow, UK – CCA
5/29 Manchester, UK – Sound Control
5/30 Bristol, UK – Temples Festival
5/31 Nimes, FR – This is Not a Love Song
6/1 Nantes, FR – Le Ferrailleur