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Touché Amoré's Jeremy Bolm speaks with a high, raspy timbre. If you've heard Bolm interviewing people on his show The First Ever Podcast or bantering at a Touché concert, you're probably familiar with the sound of it. But apparently that's not his natural speaking voice.
Bolm has a medical condition known as mutational falsetto or puberphonia, which apparently develops during puberty as a response to stress. Because of the condition, he defaults to speaking in the familiar high-pitched tone. But he's capable of shifting into a much deeper, louder register. Hearing it will make your head spin.
Touché just announced a 10th anniversary reissue of their landmark album Stage Four, and Bolm went on the Hardlore podcast to promote it. During the interview, he mentioned that he called his record label Secret Voice as an inside joke with friends who are aware of his mutational falsetto. He then demonstrated the secret voice for hosts Colin Young and Bo Lueders, who lost their shit. I lost my shit too. You gotta watch it. It's so wild.
See?! Insane. I love it. I hate it. Wow. Hardlore's tweet calls it "The single greatest moment in the history of the show," and yes, it has to be.
Not that anything could possibly top that, but I do have some music to share in this post. When Touché announced the Stage Four reissue this week, they shared a new "Gloom Version" of "Rapture" featuring Wisp. Bolm offered this statement:
"Rapture" is a staple in our set and has been since the album dropped. Over time, the call and response bit that happens during the bridge has become as much of our show as anything else. I wanted to get Wisp on this track because I’m a big fan of Natalie’s vocal ability for its whispery, breathy nature. It has a haunting element that matched the energy of the song.
Listen below.
Stage Four 10th Anniversary Edition is out 4/10 on Epitaph. Touché Amoré are also doing a Stage Four 10th anniversary tour.
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