{"product_id":"tortoise-touch","title":"Tortoise - Touch","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first new album from the groundbreaking group since 2016!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile there are still excursions into the dusky, elegantly gnarled jazz ambience that flourished on landmark works like Millions Now Living Will Never Die and TNT, \u003cem\u003eTouch \u003c\/em\u003eis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded between the three cities — Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago — \u003cem\u003eTouch \u003c\/em\u003eis 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","brand":"INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":53022350115158,"sku":"MRM-03633","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53022350377302,"sku":"MRM-03634","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/a05975cffce82e36f40a0a78af3455fc_f876a8ef-478f-4f3c-98e8-8d010cac4107.jpg?v=1775206612","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/tortoise-touch","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}