LogFAQs > #973556685

I have a note here to listen to a few more Touche Amore songs and without any specific songs to look for, I'm just going to hit the currently most popular tracks by the band on Spotify:

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Touche Amore - Flowers and You:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2GnLhhzlKak1Q12b8jw25W?si=1305b71c1be741a9

Estimated Score: 60.00 [Upgraded to 60.01]

A sad song dealing with the singer losing his mother to cancer and all the associated regrets he has. I like it.

[Later: Moving this up very marginally because I like it a bit better than "New Halloween" which I'll also give 60 points to in just a minute.]

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Touche Amore, Manchester Orchestra - Limelight:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Te9JWtr4DX8NioS7BPHVM?si=b2f3784c11fb4680

Estimated Score: 40.99

Not a song I'm into, I'm afraid. It uses a lot of repetition in the lyrics:

I'm tired and I'm sore (Sore! Sore! Sore! Sore!)
I'm not so young anymore (More! More! More! More!)
Worn down, but I imagine (Sore! Sore! Sore! Sore!)

And that's just not for me. There's still a fair amount of pain in the song and some lyrics I like, but my bias against the lyrical style makes it a bit rough for me to listen to.

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Touche Amore - ~:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5jVJxCRKn3ofBQpwL0tdo0?si=1af6910433d944be

Estimated Score: 53.66

Too short. It's nice enough, but it ends before I have time to really process or react to anything.

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Touche Amore - New Halloween:
https://open.spotify.com/track/02YbvgsXapCh9MLTrU11Ts?si=461b73be5b0a42ea

Estimated Score: 60.00

I skip over songs, because they're too hard to hear
Like track two on Benji or "What Sarah Said"

I know it's just a coincidence, but it feels weird hearing a reference to a song from the main ranking at this point. I'll also have to detour to the other referenced track (Sun Kil Moon - I Can't Live Without My Mother's Love) after this song, just to finish getting the context here. As for "New Halloween" itself, I like it. It's still dealing with the sadness of dealing with his mother's death and is the direct follow-up to "Flowers and You", so I think it'd be difficult for someone to like one & not like the other.

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Sun Kil Moon - I Can't Live Without My Mother's Love:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2NCNDUQj5PGgDHXZqbyOxq?si=038d7383d8784d41

Estimated Score: 58.71

This isn't quite the sound or style of music I was expecting from the name... after the Korean-inspired band name, "Ohio folk music" may have been the last thing I would have guessed. Anyway, I like the singer's voice and find the traditional, folk style music to be a welcome change of pace from everything else in the post ranking... but the lyrics aren't exactly for me (let's just say my relationships with all types of family members are complicated & leave it there) and that keeps me from really connecting with the song. So I like it, but not as much as say a 60 point song.

I did try two other songs on the album, but neither of them seemed worth discussing. I'm reasonably confident this singer has a song that I'd really like, but I don't care enough to try to find it right now--still, something I kinda like & I see the appeal.

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I feel like I should listen to some more Touche Amore, but I'll save that for another day.