Chicago post-rock staples Tortoise are again with their first new album in 9 years. Touch arrives on vinyl, CD, and digital obtain on October 24, by way of International Anthem and Nonesuch, with the album coming to digital streaming platforms on November 11. Right this moment, Tortoise are sharing the brand new tune “Layered Presence,” with its Mikel Patrick Avery–directed music video. Test it out beneath.
Contact, Tortoise’s eighth studio album and the follow-up to 2016’s The Catastrophist, was recorded and blended by the band’s personal John McEntire. The quintet—Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, McEntire, and Jeff Parker—wrote all 10 songs on the LP collectively, however recorded them within the three cities that the place the members now reside: Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon. Included on the Contact tracklist is “Oganesson,” which Tortoise launched again in March.
Followers hoping to catch Tortoise reside quickly are in luck, because the post-rock band is slated to carry out extensively in North America and Europe. That trek begins subsequent month and lasts on by means of to April 2026. Discover the group’s full record of upcoming tour dates beneath.
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Contact:
01 Vexations
02 Layered Presence
03 Works and Days
04 Elka
05 Promenade à deux
06 Axial Seamount
07 A Title Comes
08 Rated OG
09 Oganesson
10 Night time Gang
Tortoise:
10-18 Los Angeles, CA – The Broad
10-23 Austin, TX – Radio/East
10-25 Marfa, TX – Flying Island
11-11 Chicago, IL – The Auditorium
11-12 Lexington, KY – Singleton Middle for the Arts
11-14 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-15 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-16 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-22 London, England – Barbican
11-23 Bristol, England – The Prospect Constructing
11-24 Leeds, England – The Irish Centre
01-20 Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
01-21 Stockholm, Sweden – Fasching
01-22 Karlsruhe, Germany – Tollhaus
01-23 Lillem, France – Aeronef
01-24 Brussels, Belgium – Brussels Jazz Pageant
01-25 Perugia, Italy – Teatro del Pavone
01-26 Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
01-27 Köln, Germany – Kantine
01-28 Paris, France – Le Trabendo
01-29 Berlin, Germany – Großer Sendesaal des RBB
01-30 Dresden, Germany – Beatpol
04-09 Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel
04-10 Den Haag, Netherlands – Rewire Pageant
04-11 Brugge, Belgium – Cactus Membership
04-12 München, Germany – Technikum
04-13 Salzburg, Austria – Jazz:it
04-14 Graz, Austria – Orpheum
04-15 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
04-16 Fribourg, Switzerland – Fri-Son
04-19 Braga, Portugal – Theatro Circo
04-20 Lisboa, Portugal – Culturgest
