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‘A FORCE MAJEURE’
– New album from
TORA Out now
& ‘IN DEEPER’
Colors session released
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Tora’s third album A Force Majeure is out today. The 11-track album features singles ‘Put Down Your Phone’, ‘Inundated’, ‘Call On Me’ ‘Why Won’t You Wait’ and ‘When Will I Learn’ and captures the essence of a band who have found themselves a world away from the normalcy they were accustomed to.
“For us, amongst all of the chaos going on globally, this album really brought us a sense of relief.” Jo Loewenthal from the band says.
“That’s what we want to share with the world. Come back to the self and work on the self so that you can project outward positively: that’s the message. Personal growth, growing yourself so you can help others. Don’t just take, give. Giving is the same as taking; when you give, someone else is taking. That ultimately comes back around.”
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As a definitive snapshot of the type of band Tora is today, A Force Majeure is sophisticated, mature and beautifully contemporary in both sound, feel and execution.
Though Byron Bay is still home, A Force Majeure is a markedly international album. Tora relocated to Amsterdam, set to make the city their base; an anchor around which a full year of European and American touring was to revolve.
Soon after their arrival however, the threat of COVID-19 became a very real presence, forcing Tora to cancel their entire tour schedule, but also retreat into a strict new locked-down lifestyle. Though the opportunity to perform was taken away, the band’s love for creating music remained and so, across the next eight months, Tora’s focus became set on their new record.
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With nothing but time on their side, studio time became an utterly immersive experience. Renting and fitting out studio space to their own requirement and dedicating their days to working on music meant the band was able to approach the process not hindered by the pressures of time or scheduling.
It’s a breath of relief present throughout the album. The tracks on A Force Majeure oscillate between the ethereal and gorgeously stirring
A Force Majeure follows on from 2019’s richly-textured second album Can’t Buy The Mood and 2017’s lushly-layered debut album Take A Rest.
Over the course of the two albums the band have received support from respected members of the international music community including both Sir Elton John (Beats 1) and Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1).
Tora have toured nationally and around the US and UK/Europe. They even found an adoring fan in Resident Evil and Fifth Element star Milla Jovovich. All of this on top of previous spots at Glastonbury, Splendour in the Grass, Reeperbahn (DE), The Great Escape (UK), Best Kept Secret (NL) and over 70 more festival appearances across the globe.
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