| Torpedo | ||||
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| Released | 18 March 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2020–2021 | |||
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| Length | 45:28 | |||
| Label | Big Teeth | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 6/10 [1] |
| Classic Rock |   [3] |
| Gigwise |   [4] |
| Kerrang! | 4/5 [5] |
| Rock 'N' Load | 9/10 [2] |
Torpedo is the eleventh studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder, released on 18 March 2022 through Big Teeth Music.
In August 2019, Feeder released their tenth studio album, Tallulah . The album was a commercial success - debuting at number 4 on the UK Official Charts Company albums chart, it was the bands first album in almost fifteen years to crack to the top five of the chart. [6] [7] Feeling motivated, band members Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose immediately began work on a follow-up album. [8] The two wrote and recorded an album's worth of material across late 2019 and early 2020, with the album being largely completely outside of final audio mixing. [8] However, progress halted with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. [8] Frustrated, Nicholas and Hirose turned to writing further material instead. [9] Early sessions written during the COVID lockdown were slow, with Nicholas suffering with a case of writer's block. [10] Eventually, his pent up frustration with both the state of the world, and his writer's block, lead to an outpouring of content, enough for two album's worth of material. [10] The material was separated into two batches; the material written second - during the COVID lockdown - was put together to make up the Torpedo album while the earlier, pre-COVID, material was used for the following album, Black/Red.
Thematically, the album was influenced by the band's frustrations of the COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in the album being described by publications as retaining their established melodic rock sound, but having a heavier and darker sound, [4] punctuated with more distorted and fuzzy guitar riffs. [11] Nicholas noted that the title track, "Torpedo", encapsulated the album well—darker verses of emotion and frustration leading into a chorus more centred around coming to a more positive conclusion from it. [9] The album opens up with the six-minute track "The Healing", which Nicholas states he wrote to resemble something out of a rock opera, was meant to be heard as a wake up call for people to come together and work towards a better future. [12] "Magpie" was described as an indie rock song about hope and optimism. [12]
The album's title and release date—Torpedo and 18 March 2022—was announced well in advance of release in August 2021. [13] A UK tour was also announced to begin shortly after the album's release. [14] The album's heavier sound has led the band to plan a heavier set list for the tour as well. [13] The album's title track was released at the time of the album's announcement as the first single. [9] [15] Songs "Wall of Silence", "Magpie", and "The Healing" were also released ahead of the album. [12]
Torpedo entered the U.K. album chart at No.5, making it the band's fifth top 5 album and tenth top 10. [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Healing" | 6:08 |
| 2. | "Torpedo" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "When It All Breaks Down" | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Magpie" | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Hide and Seek" | 3:25 |
| 6. | "Decompress" | 3:39 |
| 7. | "Wall of Silence" | 3:32 |
| 8. | "Slow Strings" | 4:54 |
| 9. | "Born to Love You" | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Submission" | 4:33 |
| 11. | "Desperate Hour" | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 45:28 | |
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| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] | 181 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] | 3 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [19] | 5 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20] | 1 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [21] | 1 |