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Tortoise

Touch [CD] |

Touch [CD] |

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Description

Tortoise – Touch

Tortoise return with Touch, their first new album since 2016, released via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. The legendary post-everything pioneers — Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Douglas McCombs, John Herndon, and John McEntire — once again harness their collectivist songwriting approach, where ideas triumph over ego and genre becomes a playground.

While Touch nods to the dusky jazz ambience of landmarks like Millions Now Living Will Never Die and TNT, it also marks a bold new embrace of grand gestures. Aerodynamically re-engineered Krautrock, hand-cranked techno rave-ups, and pointillist spaghetti western fanfares coexist within the band’s unmistakable internal logic — alluring, confounding, and endlessly rewarding.

Recorded across Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago, Touch reflects Tortoise’s geographically expanded reality while recapturing the spirit of collaboration that defined their loft-era experiments. The result is one of the group’s most diverse and reinvigorated releases to date.


Highlights

  • First new Tortoise album since 2016

  • Released via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records

  • Features stylistic range: Krautrock, techno, jazz ambience, spaghetti western fanfares

  • Recorded across Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago

  • Reaffirms Tortoise’s role as innovators of genre-defying sound


Tracklist

1: Vexations
2: Layered Presence
3: Works and Days
4: Elka
5: Promenade à deux
6: Axial Seamount
7: A Title Comes
8: Rated OG
9: Oganesson
10: Night Gang


 

  • Format: CD
  • Genre: INDIE
  • Released: 10/24/2025

Condition Ratings & Details

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Condition Ratings

  • MINT (M): Perfect, brand new, unplayed.
  • Near Mint (NM): Like new, barely played, will play perfectly.
  • Excellent (EX): Very close to near mint, with minor cosmetic wear. Will play perfectly.
  • Very Good Plus (VG+): Light cosmetic blemishes that do not affect play. Close to perfect playback.
  • Very Good (VG): Some light marks that may cause minor noise during playback. Still enjoyable and plays well.
  • Good Plus (G+): Noticeable noise during playback. Only listed if of collector value. Not ideal for listening.

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