Today, Touché Amoré share “Hal Ashby,” the second single from their new album Spiral in a Straight Line, due October 11th via Rise Records. The track is named after the acclaimed American director, known for his work in the counterculture era of 70s cinema (Being There, Harold and Maude) and his tragically misunderstood characters. With clever turns of phrase and a powerful vocal performance, Bolm explores the idea of misunderstandings, both big and small, and expresses his desperate need for some kind of course correction.

Accompanying the single, Touché Amoré shares a surreal music video directed by Sean Stout, which depicts frontman Jeremy Bolm watching an Ashby-esque movie at the theatre, with the music blurring the line between the action on-screen and in the theatre itself. Bolm shares that “the ‘Hal Ashby’ music video is half a love letter to Hal and half a dream-like interpretation of the song as a whole. Something that can be misunderstood as this or that – and finding the grace in-between.”

“Hal Ashby” exemplifies the theme of spiralling seen throughout the new album – the feeling of getting caught in the emotional debris of the words, emotions, memories and pain that are left after things are flipped upside down, and figuring out how to keep pushing through. Spiral In A Straight Line challenges the band to dig deep again, and they return with a poignant body of work, rooted in life-altering changes and the turmoil of moving forward while grappling with what’s been left behind.

Stream the new single and accompanying music video below.