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There's stoner rock, so why not stoner pop? Instead of slow, sludgy bottom-end (though there is some of that), Miami act Torche douse their lumbering, throbbing gate with melody. It's still hefty and menacing, but hooks peek through often, producing a sturdy foot-tap if not quite a head-nod. Their moody, stratospheric roar is also surprisingly concise, with a majority of the songs from last year’s Meanderthal lasting less than two-and-a-half minutes. They might have learned a few moves from Athens’ Harvey Milk, a cult fave in the ’90s who returned in 2006 after an eight-year absence. They mix pretty, delicate passages or bursts of vocal and musical melody with crushing, slow-motion thump, guttural screams and jagged post-punk guitar angularity. It’s an interesting dynamic that suddenly seems very of-the-moment, considering all the current underground acts experimenting with prog-metal and noise-rock blends that intersperse beauty with brutality.
Thu., July 16, 9 p.m., 2009
Thu., July 16, 9 p.m., 2009
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