Lament (Touché Amoré album)

Lament
Studio album by Touché Amoré
Released	October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
Studio	The Bunker Studio (Brooklyn, New York) Favorite Gentlemen Studios (Alpharetta, Georgia)
Genre	Post-hardcore,[1] melodic hardcore, screamo
Length	35:56
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Ross Robinson
Touché Amoré chronology
Stage Four (2016) Lament (2020) Spiral in a Straight Line (2024)

Lament is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band Touché Amoré. The album was released on October 9, 2020 through Epitaph Records. Recording sessions took place at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn featuring Andy Hull's additional vocals recorded at Favorite Gentlemen Studios in Alpharetta, Georgia. It is their first album to be produced by Ross Robinson.

On October 1, 2021 the band released Lament (Demos), an album of demos of songs that would appear on Lament, as well as an unreleased song Persist.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.1/10[2]
Metacritic	83/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Beats Per Minute	76%[4]
DIY	[5]
Exclaim!	8/10[6]
Gigwise	[7]
God Is in the TV	6/10[8]
Kerrang!	4/5[9]
NME	[10]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[11]
PopMatters	[12]
The Line of Best Fit	8.5/10[13]

Lament was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 83 based on nine reviews.^[3] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 8.1 out of 10, based on fourteen reviews.^[2] The aggregator Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 78 out of 100, based on fifteen reviews.^[14]

Accolades

Accolades for Lament

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Metal Hammer	The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2020	21	[15]
Stereogum	The 50 Best Albums of 2020	8	[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin and Tyler Kirby, except for track 5 (written with Andy Hull)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come Heroine"	2:50
2.	"Lament"	3:21
3.	"Feign"	2:48
4.	"Reminders"	3:03
5.	"Limelight" (featuring Manchester Orchestra)	5:03
6.	"Exit Row"	2:17
7.	"Savoring"	2:56
8.	"A Broadcast"	3:02
9.	"I'll Be Your Host"	3:27
10.	"Deflector"	3:31
11.	"A Forecast"	3:38
Total length:		35:56

Personnel

Touché Amoré

• Jeremy Bolm – vocals
• Clayton Stevens – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
• Nick Steinhardt – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, art direction, design
• Elliot Babin – drums, keyboards, piano
• Tyler Kirby – bass, additional guitar

Guest musicians

• Justice Tripp – backing vocals (track 1)
• Julien Baker – backing vocals (track 4)
• John Andrew Hull – additional vocals (track 5)
• Ross Robinson – keyboards (tracks: 2, 6, 9), producer, additional engineering
• Jason Schimmel – keyboards (tracks: 3, 7), piano (tracks: 5, 8), additional engineering

Technical

• Mike Balboa – engineering
• Steve Evetts – mixing
• Robert McDowell – additional recording (track 5)
• Alan Douches – mastering
• George L Clarke – photography

Management

• Alex Merchant – management
• Blaze James – management
• Paul Sommerstein – legal
• Josh Javor – booking
• Merrick Jarmulowicz – booking
• Steve Strange – booking

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[17]	45
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[18]	21
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[19]	15
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[20]	16
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[21]	5
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22]	48

References

1. "Touché Amoré: Lament". Pitchfork.
2. "Lament by Touché Amoré reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
3. "Critic Reviews for Lament – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
4. Hakimian, Rob (October 9, 2020). "Album Review: Touché Amoré – Lament | Beats Per Minute". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
5. Tipple, Ben (October 9, 2020). "Touché Amoré – Lament". DIY. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
6. Feibel, Adam (October 6, 2020). "Touché Amoré Return to Their Essential Form on 'Lament'". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
7. Ayles, James (October 8, 2020). "Album Review: Touché Amoré – Lament | Gigwise". Gigwise. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
8. Wiggins, Richard (October 21, 2020). "Touché Amoré – Lament (Epitaph)". God Is in the TV. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
9. McLaughlin, David (October 7, 2020). "Album Review: Touché Amoré – Lament". Kerrang!. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
10. McMahon, James (October 9, 2020). "Touché Amoré – 'Lament' album review". NME. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
11. Cohen, Ian (October 12, 2020). "Touché Amoré: Lament". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
12. Ezell, Brice (October 8, 2020). "Touché Amoré's 'Lament' Subtly Reinvents the Past". PopMatters. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
13. Howieson, Craig (October 7, 2020). "Touché Amoré balance grit and grace on the passionate Lament". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
14. "Touché Amoré – Lament". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
15. "The 50 best metal albums of 2020". Metal Hammer. Future plc. January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
16. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2020". Stereogum. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
17. "Touche Amore Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
18. "Touche Amore Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
19. "Touche Amore Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
20. "Touche Amore Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
21. "Touche Amore Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
22. "Touche Amore Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

External links

• Touché Amoré – Lament at Discogs (list of releases)