Stage Four
by Touché Amoré
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Sep 16, 2016
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 35
  3. Negative: 4 out of 35
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  1. DavidCall360
    Sep 17, 2016
    10
    This album is incredibly powerful. There is so much emotion seeping through Jeremy Bolms lyrics. This album elevates what Touché Amoré have done on their previous albums to the fullest capacity. So full of heartbreaking and extremely moving lyrics accompanied by a perfect mix of aggression and beauty from the music. I highly recommend this album if you are a fan of this band or melodic hardcore.
  2. BrushedRed
    Sep 20, 2016
    10
    Okay first of all best album I've heard this year. Second, Consequence of Sound should be ashamed of their review acting like he should be over the death of his mother in just two years. Have you lost you mother? That stays with you until you die.. not just two years.
  3. kualaa
    Oct 21, 2016
    1
    Okay first of all best album I've heard this year. Second, Consequence of Sound should be ashamed of their review acting like he should be over the death of his mother in just two years. Have you lost you mother? That stays with you until you die.. not just two years.
  4. stndstllsntmv
    Apr 27, 2017
    9
    Jeremy Bolm has an incredible amount of lyricism shining through on this project. The death of a loved one, especially your mother, can be very difficult. Cancer is a beast that comes through and never stops eating away at the person who has it. This is a glaring emotional wreck of a man after watching his mother wither away for years. I think that there is plenty of reason to think thisJeremy Bolm has an incredible amount of lyricism shining through on this project. The death of a loved one, especially your mother, can be very difficult. Cancer is a beast that comes through and never stops eating away at the person who has it. This is a glaring emotional wreck of a man after watching his mother wither away for years. I think that there is plenty of reason to think this album is beautiful. I have been through this and it is a very relatable experience. He was bargaining and denying everything. He wasn't ready. That is what this album is. A boy screaming for his mother lost in a department store, but he's never going to find her again.… Expand
  5. guydexa
    Mar 19, 2021
    10
    Cant get through this this without crying every single time.... its simply beautiful.

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#42 Best Album of 2016

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Revolver
    Oct 13, 2016
    80
    Touché Amoré’s music has always been intensely autobiographical and that introspection has reached peak levels on its fourth full-length, Stage Four.
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  2. Punknews.org (Staff)
    Sep 29, 2016
    90
    Stage Four is bigger in scope and is a flourishing sound thanks to Clayton Stevens and Nick Steinhardt on the guitars. They craft something subtle, where less is more. Elliot Babin's drums aren't as relentless as before and this too works in their favor because it allows the vocal lmessage to seep in. Deeper and deeper.
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  3. PopMatters
    Sep 23, 2016
    70
    Stage Four still features the band doing what it does best, and also improving on its sound in many key areas.
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