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Songs for Singles
''Songs for Singles'' is an EP by the American rock band Torche. The album was released on September 21, 2010 through Hydra Head Records. It is the first Torche album, and second release after the split single ''Chapter Ahead Being Fake'', to not feature guitarist Juan Montoya.
==Writing and recording==
Torche was originally planning on writing their third full-length album, and follow up to 2008's ''Meanderthal'', but ended up releasing an EP of songs they were working on as ''Songs for Singles'' instead. With little interest in writing another album similar to ''Meanderthal'', they start writing songs that would be more fun to play in a live setting. The group quickly recorded music for about 12 tracks for an album, but struggled to write lyrics and record vocals for the songs. According to bassist Jonathan Nuñez, the music was too "full," and when Torche tried to incorporate vocals, "() It was like, 'Whoa.' It was kind of overwhelming a little bit."〔 Guitarist and singer Steve Brooks recorded his vocal tracks about a dozen different ways before settling on a composition that fit well with the music.〔 As a group, they also had to strip the musical parts of the songs down to a more simplified arrangement to fit in the vocal tracks, and amidst long the process, decided on releasing a short EP in the interest of time.〔 Originally, some of the songs written during these recording sessions that didn't end up on ''Songs for Singles'' were expected to be released on their following studio album.〔 However, Rick Smith later denied this claim. The lyrics for ''Songs for Singles'' take on a stream of consciousness narrative perspective, and have been described as dream-like and nonsensical by Brooks. He also commented, "That's why I don't print the lyrics, actually. I don't want anyone overanalyzing every little stupid thing I say."
''Songs for Singles'' is the first album, and second release overall after the song "King Beef" released on ''Chapter Ahead Being Fake'', to not feature second guitarist Juan Montoya. Torche has stated that they write and record faster and more efficiently without Montoya in the band. Nuñez commented, "We always wrote as a group even with Juan in the band... But when we became a three-piece, it was a really productive process. With Me, Rick, and Steve, I think we work fairly quickly, we know what we want, and we know how to get it, and we know when it's right."〔
''Songs for Singles'' was self-produced by the band members themselves in order to achieve a more raw sound. Nuñez stated that their goal during production was to create "something that connects a little more to what we feel it should sound like, and what it will hopefully sound like live."〔 By this point in the band's career, the only Torche album that was not self-produced was ''Meanderthal'' which was recorded with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou. Retrospectively, after the EP's release, Torche expressed their gratitude for working with a third-party in the studio, and suggested that ''Songs for Singles'' may be their final self-produced record. Brooks commented, "It's easier to work with other people sometimes, and we were driving ourselves a little crazy on this one... I think we're gonna do (next album ) with someone else, just to eliminate over-analyzing things and nitpicking little things, and having an outside ear help guide us."
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