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Tortoise's Jeff Parker and John McEntire were on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday to talk with host Ayesha Rascoe about the band's new album, Touch, and their upcoming concert with Chicago Philharmonic at The Auditorium on November 11. You can hear their conversation here.

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Tortoise's Jeff Parker and John McEntire were on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday to talk with host Ayesha Rascoe about the band's new album, Touch, and their upcoming concert with Chicago Philharmonic at The Auditorium on November 11. The album is out now on vinyl, CD, and digital download and will be available to stream on the 11th. You can hear their conversation here:

On Touch, Tortoise's first new album since 2016, the groundbreaking group harnesses its collectivist songwriting approach to reconnect, recenter, and reinvigorate their sound for what is perhaps their most diverse release to date. While there are still excursions into the dusky, elegantly gnarled jazz ambience, Touch is perhaps most remarkable for the post-everything icons' unapologetic embrace of grand gesture. Re-engineered Krautrock, hand-cranked techno rave-ups, and pointillist spaghetti Western fanfares are all imbued with Tortoise's signature internal logic. You can get it here.

You can get tickets for the Chicago show and Tortoise's three weekend shows at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, November 14–16, here.

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Tortoise: NPR's 'Weekend Edition,' November 2025
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    Listen: Tortoise's Jeff Parker, John McEntire on NPR's 'Weekend Edition'
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    Tortoise's Jeff Parker and John McEntire were on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday to talk with host Ayesha Rascoe about the band's new album, Touch, and their upcoming concert with Chicago Philharmonic at The Auditorium on November 11. The album is out now on vinyl, CD, and digital download and will be available to stream on the 11th. You can hear their conversation here:

    On Touch, Tortoise's first new album since 2016, the groundbreaking group harnesses its collectivist songwriting approach to reconnect, recenter, and reinvigorate their sound for what is perhaps their most diverse release to date. While there are still excursions into the dusky, elegantly gnarled jazz ambience, Touch is perhaps most remarkable for the post-everything icons' unapologetic embrace of grand gesture. Re-engineered Krautrock, hand-cranked techno rave-ups, and pointillist spaghetti Western fanfares are all imbued with Tortoise's signature internal logic. You can get it here.

    You can get tickets for the Chicago show and Tortoise's three weekend shows at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, November 14–16, here.

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