TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LP Japanese Folk The master tape was nowhere

The master tape was nowhere to be found

inducing hypnotic head nodding and stretched out serenity

This is the follow up of their legendary '2'

We had released one album and a few 7”s in our six year lifetime and toured like mad

'Antenna' has a certain Beatles-y quality to it whilst maintaining a sufficient level of abrasion via some nerve-jangling guitar manipulations

TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LP Japanese Folk The master tape was nowhereChicagos borderless Tortoise present their 1st album in seven years with The Catastrophist adding a whole new bunch of stamps to their travelled sonic passports. After 25 years of category defying music, they remain a unique, complex proposition with the finely honed agility to hop from whizzy electro jazz to progressive rock in the space of one track, whilst also taking in a narcotised cover of David Essex U. S. Maples Rock On, plus a seductive 60s