TORCHES
With single Someone Needs a Ritual available just about now on Heart Throb Records, Torches are rising hard. Showcasing a gloomy, new wave-flecked indie sound, presented through crisp production, this is a band with a range of strings to their bow. Through their limited output to date there have been glimpses of a knack for hypnotic, rhythmic soundscapes, synth atmospherics, and a certain air of sombreness which harks even at the grandeur of chamber pop. Frontman Charlie Drinkwater, meanwhile, is a definite keeper: from his reassuringly powerful vocal performance, to his jagged shapes adding a sense of occasion at the band’s apex.
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