Touché Amoré will be releasing a 10th anniversary edition of “Is Survived By” on January 19. The effort, which is titled “Is Survived By: Revived,” was remixed by Brad Wood and remastered by Emily Lazar. The new version of the title track can be streamed below:
Vocalist Jeremy Bolm commented:
“I’ve always had a really hard time with the way this record sounds. I’ve unfortunately been oversharing and vocal about that for a number of years, but when we went to Brad to remix it, the main direction that I gave him was to make this sound more like Stage Four, and I think he killed it. He found that middle ground to where everything now compliments each other and there’s far more clarity overall.”
He continued:
“I do feel a lot better about it,. Everything kicks and everything pumps on this remix and remaster and I feel like ‘Wow.’ I almost feel like I’m hearing these songs for the first time again.”
Further information was also shared in a press release:
“It wouldn’t be an official Touché Amoré project without elaborate and immersive packaging courtesy of guitarist Nick Steinhardt. The now iconic artwork of the band standing in the shadow of the Los Angeles skyline is vibrant as ever, with 5 expanded colorways featuring a different essay about the album from each band member + a new “wildfire” orange with liner notes containing references to that era.
Essays from Balance and Composure‘s Jon Simmons, Drug Church and Self Defense Family‘s Patrick Kindlon, producer Brad Wood, and more. Touché Amoré always give the full 100% to the visual medium as it does to the music, and this 10th anniversary reissue is no different.”
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