{"product_id":"tortoise-touch-140-gram-black-vinyl","title":"Tortoise Touch [140 Gram Black Vinyl]","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"167\"\u003eTortoise – \u003cem data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"540\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"181\"\u003eTortoise\u003c\/strong\u003e return with \u003cem data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"201\"\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e, their first new album since 2016, released via \u003cstrong data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"274\"\u003eInternational Anthem\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"299\"\u003eNonesuch Records\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eWhile \u003cem data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"555\"\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e nods to the dusky jazz ambience of landmarks like \u003cem data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"642\"\u003eMillions Now Living Will Never Die\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"652\"\u003eTNT\u003c\/em\u003e, it also marks a bold new embrace of \u003cstrong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"708\"\u003egrand gestures\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1217\"\u003eRecorded across Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago, \u003cem data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"990\"\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e reflects Tortoise’s geographically expanded reality while recapturing the spirit of collaboration that defined their loft-era experiments. 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