TORCHE Celebrates Restarter Chart Debut; North American Tour Launches Tonight

Torche, who kick off their North American tour this evening in the band’s Miami hometown, celebrate their highest charting album to date with Restarter landing in the Top 10 on a variety of Billboard charts including #2 on Heatseekers. The album sold slightly over 5,000 copies its first week of release.

The full Billboard chart positions for the band’s Relapse Records’ debut include #133 on the Top 200, #61 on Top Albums, #56 on Current Albums, #12 on Independent Current Albums, #10 on Hard Music Albums and #8 on Current Hard Music Albums.

“We’re all beyond stoked the record is doing so well,” said the band.  “Can’t thank everyone enough who has supported the band over the years. It means everything to us.”

Tour dates are:

March
4 – Miami, FL – Churchill’s Pub#
5 – Orlando, FL – Backbooth#
6 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
7 – Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree
8 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
9 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
10 – Austin, TX – Red 7
11 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada #
12 – Memphis, TN – The Hi-Tone
13 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird
14 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
15 – Milwaukee, WI – The Cactus Club
17 – Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop
18 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
20 – Detroit, MI – The Pike Room
21 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
22 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz
23 – Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place
25 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
26 – Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus
27 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
28 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matters #
29 – Washington, DC – DC 9#

Nothing opens except where noted by a #

Find the band’s complete live itinerary at this location.

(Photo by: Devaki Knowles)