TORCHE | Live At Chicago Music Exchange | CME Sessions

[@scottcollier9178]

The new record is a cross between Leviathan-era Mastodon and Failure. Love it.

[@acledfloyd]

This is great. They fill the sonic range so well. The heavy reverb on the vocals is inspiring too.

[@scatterbrainart]

I'm a sucker for really good reverb on guitars and vocals.

[@jakeybball]

Admission is the best new song of any genre I’ve heard in a few years. Fucking love Steve.

[@bendavies8744]

I've already commented. But i'll go in again. These guys rip the walls off with beautiful harmonies and disgusting bomb notes. Such class

[@allendzedzy8565]

These boys are pushing some air.

[@MrAdrianloera]

Haha best way to put it

[@therandomman6647]

They played very loudly in Minnesota, that's for sure

[@Andy_Yates]

Loved seeing these guys play in Oakland, CA. True wall of sound live pushing some serious sound pressures in a small venue. Really enjoy watching them, and such a tight group live :)

[@hommedammn7132]

The BOMB STRING tuning kicks in at 10:06

[@jakeybball]

Homme Dammn I love Torche but damn man, that sounds like shit.

[@patrickschafstein3775]

How did they do that?

[@codyhansonbass]

@@patrickschafstein3775 its just a really low tuned loose string.

[@codyhansonbass]

@@jakeybball nah its wonderful.

[@BurningBeard22]

@@jakeybball it sounds like shit on youtube. Listen to it on a decent system and it's badass.

[@overtheedge23]

Respect how they managed to transfer their studio sound to live performance sound. The first song (Admission) sounds exactly like it does on the record.

[@ttlw6433]

Sound quality rules! They sound so great in this studio setting

[@yorklovesrush]

Admission is a such a bad ass album. The wall of sound is so hypnotizing

[@AcidRavelEffect]

wall of sound. i've used that one before but largely @ drums more than down-tuned bass in this.

[@andyp5743]

This is great! Albums added to my library to listen later. 🤘🏻

[@charmicarmicat2981]

I’ve seen these guys 3 times. They can do anything

[@NOS_Mode]

God, this is so beautiful. I love Torche.

[@jessewallace12able]

I love this band

[@MrMatsod]

Lived in Tampa and it’s always been amazing to see them live.....Steve’s band Floor before Torche was amazing before and Ofcourse Cavity!! An amazing musician who’s been doing his thing for a very long time

[@iHoundiK]

Only ever heard of these on a split single with part chimp. If you like these youll love part chimp.

[@numberneinlarge9965]

Dude Part Chimp are one of my favorite bands

[@SkeletalLightning]

Best band

[@jaymlewis]

Nice guitar😉

[@MethSloth]

This quality is incredible

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Thank you!!

[@rungavagairun]

I only just heard of you guys through the Meshuggah/Converge tour. Great band. Thank you.

[@meischel5574]

I'm falling in love

[@NothingMatterz]

I'm like #664 so gracious, amazing song.

[@HabitualOffender007]

ONE MORE VOTE FOR THIS GEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@redtape73]

I can’t stop playing this. It’s perfect in every way. Gorgeously terrifying.

[@henrygriffen40]

I have seen alot of bands, but none of them are as tight as TORCHE,,love this band

[@lucaserojas]

Sounds great

[@kdbrown777]

The vocal harmonies are on point.

[@lucklassen]

So, so heavy...LOVE IT. TORCHE.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Thanks for watching!!

[@BORDEMER78]

LOVE TORCHE

[@violet.candies]

wowowowowowow this is awesome

[@karlbass7004]

Great !!!!!

[@highcj5733]

All Hail TORCHE

[@george_gjokaj]

I want them to play change come live. It would be life changing. Like words can’t describe how bad I want them to play that 1 song live. If there is any clips I need to hear them.

[@bendavies9157]

They played it in the Part Time Punks session, should still be on their bandcamp

[@witchtrials]

10:06 sluuuuudgy 🤤

[@sifirid]

And no one ever heard again.

[@kovriginav]

"...everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"

[@avolite719]

Whats meant by that ???

[@HronisArva]

💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@hexywesky]

Has anyone ever seen Steve Brooks and Kurt Ballou in the same place at the same time ??? Great set btw

[@yrmthr]

keep going!!!

[@JacobNNorton1982]

This is fucking amazing!!

[@Vb98765]

first track is the heaviest Coldplay cover I've heard

[@avolite719]

LoL.

[@henrygriffen40]

Dude, this blows Coldplay away

[@trebleclefjones4899]

What kind of V is he playing? I know someone out there must know.

[@jamessankey01]

A gear channel should list the gear. Come on now. Also some basic info like tunings would be super.

[@alexs5394]

well they use AADGBe pretty much exclusively.

[@DasAlbatross]

@@alexs5394 Except for the really massive shit. Then it's drop Z :D

[@Tree_Rasin]

I am sure I am way behind on this, but when did Jonathan move to guitar? Knew these guys way back in the day.

[@WagnerPiruca]

WTF? What tuning is InfIerno? Drop X?

[@panzadura]

Admission es un pepinazo.

[@fjgarrid]

Love this shoegaze sound and I hope they keep it time

[@haikalemir2128]

Hell yeaah

[@henrygriffen40]

MESHUGGAH, TORCHE,CONVERGE,,,,what a lineup, im definitely not missing this event

[@Zane_Doe]

Brutiful

[@cainfoxfolkpunx]

Two metal fretboards?? Eavy man

[@chadwickwright2833]

Aluminum

[@GiacomoRavioli]

Im deaf and the only thing I can hear is Torche.

[@vvcctrr]

nem parece que é o mesmo batera do caveman cult

[@MatthewGClarke]

When you like a video after the very first chord change

[@markus113]

So true! i just discovered them by the way

[@forceofamber]

That long? 😂

[@mr.pearlmountain]

One of the loudest bands i‘ve ever saw. Years ago together with pelican. What a night!

[@AmonRa1081]

Love Torche! They give so much more than the typical "stoner" band. Very dynamic....and loud as fuck!

[@bendavies8744]

Such a brilliant live band. Stand at the front and take that shit in

[@chopcitycustoms6451]

I feel like they finally completed their tone journey and called it quits.

[@manuelgianella8937]

Still miles ahead every other stoner band. Everything is just perfect!

[@codyhansonbass]

Yup. Almost wouldn't even consider them stoner, as most stoner bands just stay in the same narrow path and never experiment or use any other sounds. This is like stoner shoegaze or something wonderful.

[@andrewbounds3402]

Nah got a long way to go to beat Fu Manchu . Their albums might not be as good anymore . But as a live band not many can beat Fu Manchu

[@bendavies9157]

@@andrewbounds3402 Never got the big deal with fu manchu, to me they're exactly the generic, narrow band Cody's talking about.

[@andrewbounds3402]

@@bendavies9157 everyone is entitled to a opinion . You obviously haven't been around long enough to hear all Fu manchu back catalogue or see them live

[@andrewbounds3402]

@@bendavies9157 any original music or just covers hahahaha 😄😄😄😄

[@nigel9828]

I put better speakers in my Volvo specifically for this album.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

That's dedication!!

[@terrylovin7405]

That was so heavy. The new Torche lineup is fucking great.

[@chbuddah86]

Love these guys. Last time they came through Tulsa they played at a mid sized venue while Garth Brooks was there doing a multi-night run and I made a couple of t-shirts that said "I'm only here for Brooks" on the front and on the back just said "...Steve".

[@themanwhostolethetone]

Great band they deserve more visibility, love the BOMB STRING!

[@BillyRamirez]

Yes! I love me some Torche!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

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[@punkmusicmetal]

FINALLY, a live video of this band mixed properly.

[@redtape73]

Right??? I thought the exact same thing. ‘Slide’ sounds absolutely insane.

[@Headsnoise]

Amazing!

[@boomredimprint8411]

Doom Gaze. Beaut.

[@Jakeman90210]

This sounds so fucking good

[@SKYVLY]

Sick guitars, sick riffs

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

Isnt this their Part Time Punks live album??

[@vj9988]

I believe PTP was recorded on a radio show in Los Angeles. Great live album, prefer that version of Admission to the album cut actually.

[@forceofamber]

Torche are tighter than 2 coats of paint. Love that wall of sound thing in admission.

[@sampacker6547]

Is it rude to suggest that the vocals are too low in the mix?

[@onhallowedgrnd]

Depends, low vocals is a shoegaze thing, bands like mbv, ringo deathstarr, and whirr all do it. It sounds like this band are at least a bit influenced by that genre, so it might be deliberate, sounds pretty good regardless

[@dorianford6227]

Vocal mixes in rock bands in general imo should be slightly lower than the band. I feel that’s what makes their sound cool. Their vocals are approached like another instrument and somewhat of an afterthought. It’s not the sole focus of the music like pop music.

[@johnnielsen82]

Check out Deafheaven :)

[@jakeybball]

The guitarist John Nunez mixed this session himself. So I’m sure this was exactly what him and Steve were going for. No disrespect if you’d just like em a little higher though, to each their own.

[@hexywesky]

Jsyk if you turn your volume up as loud as it goes, the vocals will be louder. I’m pretty sure that will help

[@moad8794]

Damn im gonna miss this

[@ChristopherEnriquez]

The best

[@richardjames1751]

What’s the tuning?

[@syndiccalls9965]

Love that bass tone

[@ravenouslove1]

Badass

[@thegreyhoundnyc]

So dope!

[@stefanrh1160]

what are those amps the guitar players are using? anyone knows?

[@chicagomusicexchange]

www.nunezamps.com/

[@xeverettx2564]

Basically Orange and Ampeg voiced amps but custom builds from Nunez.

[@poorboysadventures4636]

This was one of the coolest things ive ever watched and heard.