{"id":6330,"date":"2016-02-02T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T16:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-like-torches-shelter\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T23:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T22:48:12","slug":"review-like-torches-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-like-torches-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Like Torches &#8211;\u00a0Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93161\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/like-torches-shelter-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"like torches shelter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/like-torches-shelter-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/like-torches-shelter-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/like-torches-shelter-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/like-torches-shelter-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/like-torches-shelter.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ok, I\u2019ll admit it, when I was thrown another pop-punk record to review, my enthusiasm wasn\u2019t exactly spilling over &#8211; words like clich\u00e9, predictable and shit were already forming in my mind. So, although <i>\u2018Shelter\u2019<\/i> is not exactly the most original record of the week, these four young lads from Stockholm have managed to come up with an interestingly varied record with some extremely likeable tunes.<\/p>\n<p>The dual vocal attack of brothers Jonathan and Daniel K\u00e4rn is just one of the plus points, as they mostly manage to swerve the inherent predictability of the genre and put their own stamp on the well-trodden pop-punk path. Obviously \u201cthat\u201d vocal sound is there, especially on opener <i>&#8216;Swing by Swing\u2019<\/i>, but the atmospheric <i>&#8216;Safe to Say\u2019<\/i> is a whole different bag with a deeper lead vocal, brooding guitar lines and a big intense chorus.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p><b>Like Torches<\/b> also have a hard edge to their guitar sound and structure a nice variety of riffs into their songs. <i>&#8216;Coma\u2019<\/i> and <i>&#8216;Snowfall Without You\u2019<\/i> both stand out for their heavy feel, despite the lyrical heartbreak, which is a bit of a running theme; <i>&#8216;Bit a Bullet\u2019<\/i> is in a similar vein, but once again boasting nice riffage.<\/p>\n<p>There is some romantic elements to pretty much every track, but the album offers up a surprising variety of tracks in musical terms. As well as the intense tracks, there is the poppy <i>&#8216;I Surrender\u2019<\/i> and the acoustic closer <i>&#8216;Shelter\u2019<\/i>. In addition, <i>&#8216;Skeletons\u2019<\/i> is particularly well arranged, while <i>&#8216;Full Hearts\u2019<\/i> has an air of The Killers\u2019 brand of epic pop to it.<\/p>\n<p>All told, this is an emotionally intense album of well-executed hard-edged tunes. Sure, pop-punk is not a genre for throwing up groundbreaking stuff, but it\u2019s nice to hear a band work some variety into such likeable songs.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Shelter\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4WTzE5O2yU7Crj10de1MJA?si=c39023e128254215&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Shelter\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Like Torches<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Rude Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like Torches<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/liketorches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liketorchesband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Edward Layland (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdwardLayland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;an emotionally intense album of well-executed hard-edged tunes&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":93161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4048,626,4049],"class_list":["post-6330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-like-torches","tag-rude-records","tag-shelter"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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