Torche “Keep Up” With the Joneses

Spin‘s got a brand new Torche song that will appear on its own 7″ from the Volcom Vinyl Club in July. I’m absolutely loving the language Spin’s Chris Martins uses to describe the band — “the gold standard for cotton-candy-coated, cloud-bashing, do-the-Dü bubblegum metal” — and this track — “a compact thriller that bludgeons the listener with the blunt end of a rainbow.” Totally nails it, amirite??

MetalSucks readers of course already know all about Torche’s magic recipe for happy metal, so stream “Keep Up” below and get down with the clown (but please leave your Great Milenko hockey jersey at home).

That cover image gives me the heebie-jeebies. Yuck!

Catch Torche soon at a venue near you:

May 14 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
May 16 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
May 17 – Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
May 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
May 20 – San Francisco, CA @ SF Eagle
May 21 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
May 22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
May 23 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
May 24 – San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
May 26 – Gorge, WA @ Sasquatch
May 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
May 29 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
May 30 – Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar
May 31 – Chicago, IL @ Do Division Festival
May 31 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Jun. 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
Jun. 2 – Saint Louis, MO @ Firebird
Jun. 3 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom
Jun. 4 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
Jun. 5 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Jun. 6 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic
Jun. 7 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
Jun. 8 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
Jun. 9 – Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
Jun. 10 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Jun. 12 – Providence, RI @ AS220
Jun. 13 – West Chester, PA @ The Note
Jun. 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly (Northside Festival)
Jun. 15 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Jun. 20 – Calgary, AB @ Dickens (Sled Island Fest)