Tortoise's Dan Bitney and Douglas McCombs are on the latest episode of Kreative Kontrol to discuss the band's new album, Touch, out next week, which host Vish Khanna calls "one of the strongest ones they've released to date." You can hear their conversation here. Tortoise performs at The Broad in LA on Saturday. That same day, Touch, can be heard a week early at listening events at 150+ independent record stores around the world.
Tortoise's Dan Bitney and Douglas McCombs are on the latest episode of Kreative Kontrol to talk with host Vish Khanna about the band's first new album since 2016, Touch, out next week. Khanna describes his guests as "talented and hugely influential multi-instrumentalists, improvisers and composers" and the band's new album as "one of the strongest ones they've released to date." You can hear their conversation via Spotify and Apple Podcasts here:
On Touch, Tortoise 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 pre-order the album here.
Tortoise performs the first of a series of special fall performances with a set at The Broad in LA on Saturday. You can find tour details here. That same day, Touch can be heard a week early at listening events at 150+ independent record stores around the world. You can find a participating store near you here.
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