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
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. The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at an 8.1 out of 10, based on fourteen reviews. The aggregator Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 78 out of 100, based on fifteen reviews.
Accolades +Accolades for Lament Publication Accolade Rank Metal Hammer The 50 Best Metal Albums of 202021 Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2020
Track listing
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) Peakposition
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