Their first new record in over five years. Tortoise have been expanding the definition of rock music for over fifteen years, with album sales over 100,000 worldwide. BEACONS gives nods to techno, punk, electro, lo-fi noise, cut up beats, heavily processed synths, and mournful, elegiac dirges. CD version is presented in a 4-panel mini-LP style jacket., Runningtime: 00:00:00, Labelcode TJ70210.2
Hares beware! Within seconds of the wonderfully-named opener High Class Slim Came Floatin’ In, it’s as if Chicago’s Tortoise haven’t been away, des...
Ian Mathers - 2009年 08月 14日
I'll admit to being among those who had counted Tortoise out: After 2004's becalmed but pretty It's All Around You, it seemed that the post-rock pione...
Emily Parliman - 2009年 07月 02日
Beacons Of Ancestorship is the revolutionary American post-rock band Tortoise's first album in five years. Beacons boasts 11 tracks: a variety of mid-...
cloudspeakers - 2009年 07月 01日
At its best, Tortoise is a refreshingly sophisticated pop group that just happens to lack a vocalist. Consider “Prepare Your Coffin,” the lead single ...
Conrad Amenta - 2009年 07月 01日
2009 was the fifteenth anniversary of Tortoise’s self-titled debut. Go ahead, dig it out and give it another listen. Beacons of Ancestorship makes a l...
Alex Denney - 2009年 06月 30日
Respectability's a double-edged sword as it manifests in the experimentalists of yesteryear; Tortoise were last heard unabetted in 2004 honing their m...
Matt Poacher - 2009年 06月 26日
There is still something of the shock of the new with Tortoise. For what is ostensibly a rock band - albeit one that draws on a multitude of influence...
Cameron Gordon - 2009年 06月 26日
Chicago dork rockers Tortoise epitomize the slow and steady nature of their namesake - they rely on smarts and stability to win the race (whatever rac...
Brian Howe - 2009年 06月 25日
Between 1996's groundbreaking Millions Now Living Will Never Die and 2001's pacesetting Standards, Tortoise garnered a level of influence in indie mus...
Dom Gourlay - 2009年 06月 24日
People always ask if you remember where you were at a certain junctures of history, every now and then the topic changing from 9/11 to Princess Diana'...