{"product_id":"tortoise-touch-vinyl","title":"Tortoise: Touch (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMERycG1uyw?si=rIFB-8OZi3RkYsq1\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e, the Tortoise bandmembers — Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Douglas McCombs, John Herndon, and John McEntire — harness their collectivist songwriting approach, a slightly anarchistic but resolutely egalitarian process where ideas triumph over ego towards an abstracted muscularity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there are still excursions into the dusky, elegantly gnarled jazz ambience that flourished on landmark works like \u003cem\u003eMillions Now Living Will Never Die\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTNT\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps most remarkable for Tortoise's unapologetic embrace of grand gesture. Aerodynamically re-engineered Krautrock, hand-cranked techno rave-ups, and pointillist spaghetti western fanfares are all imbued with Tortoise's now-signature internal logic — equally alluring and confounding, a puzzle to be savored rather than solved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stylistic diversity is also a reflection of the band's current operating circumstances: With two members now in Los Angeles, another in Portland, and just two remaining in the band's Chicago hometown, their creative process has shifted dramatically from when they lived together in a loft space in the late 1990s, honing their sound over endless hours of collective experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded between the three cities — Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago — \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e is the result of an intentional effort by these five musicians to reconnect, recenter, and reinvigorate their sound for what is perhaps the group’s most diverse release to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e is the culmination of a long-gestating reunion, the results of which Tortoise first shared this past March, when they released \"Oganesson\" — \"an off-kilter, 7\/4 funk tune with a spy-movie ambience\" (New York Times) that is included on the new album — ahead of a career-spanning opening night performance at the boundary-crossing music festival Big Ears. They followed that with the \u003cem\u003eOganesson Remixes\u003c\/em\u003e EP, which featured reworks of the track from poet and activist Saul Williams, prolific mastering engineer Heba Kadry, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, indie music icons Broken Social Scene, and International Anthem labelmate Makaya McCraven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA series of special shows is planned through the end of the year, including The Broad Museum in Los Angeles, multiple nights at NYC's Bowery Ballroom, and a landmark show at The Auditorium in Chicago, where Tortoise will play with the Chicago Philharmonic for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack vinyl version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVexations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLayered Presence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks And Days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePromenade à deux\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAxial Seamount\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Title Comes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRated OG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOganesson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNight Gang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52168758952282,"sku":"IARC99LP","price":31.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/tortoise-touch.jpg?v=1757679344","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/tortoise-touch-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}