{"id":393,"date":"2015-05-21T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:51:34","slug":"restarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Restarter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A\/\/www.newsreview.com\/chico\/content\/restarter\/17160849\/&amp;media=https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/17160849-01.jpg&amp;description=Sing-a-long%20sludge.\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/17160849-01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike most of the sludge bands that feature indiscernible vocals and often choose feedback over harmony, Miami&#8217;s Torche has proven that melody-fueled optimism can be coupled with heavy riffage without losing any ferocity.\u00a0<em>Restarter<\/em>\u00a0is the band&#8217;s first for boundary-breaking Relapse Records, and on it the band dials back a tiny bit on the pop its been polishing on the last couple of albums and adds a bit more downtuned heaviness. Even so, beginning with the very heavy and groovy \u201cAnnihilation Affair,\u201d which sounds reminiscent of the more melodic moments of doom-metalers Pallbearer and Yob, the band shows it hasn&#8217;t completely abandoned its pop sensibilities. \u201cLoose Men\u201d almost sounds like a rock single, with its catchy guitar returns and Queens of the Stone Age-esquer groove. And \u201cUndone\u201d could be dropped into a Mastodon set without fans being any wiser. Is\u00a0<em>Restarter<\/em>\u00a0the band&#8217;s best album yet? That&#8217;s debatable. In 2008, nothing touched\u00a0<em>Meanderthal<\/em>, and the album still stands tall. But\u00a0<em>Restarter<\/em>\u00a0is superb as well; one of the best releases of 2015 so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(CN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike most of the sludge bands that feature indiscernible vocals and often choose feedback over harmony, Miami&#8217;s Torche has proven that melody-fueled optimism can be coupled with heavy riffage without losing any ferocity.\u00a0Restarter\u00a0is the band&#8217;s first for boundary-breaking Relapse Records, and on it the band dials back a tiny bit on the pop its been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}