“Kicking”
[audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Torche_Kicking.mp3|titles=Torche: “Kicking”]There’s no actual rule saying that heavy bands have to dilute their heaviness when they indulge in melody — or, for that matter, when they put cutesie My Little Pony-looking dinosaurs on their album covers. For whatever reason, the nerve to attempt either still is rare, as Miami four-piece Torche demonstrates with its third full-length, Harmonicraft.