Tortoise Return With New Album The Catastrophist, Share “Gesceap”, Plot Tour
Chicago’s Tortoise haven’t released an album since 2009′s Beacons of Ancestorship. On January 22, they’ll release The Catastrophist via Thrill Jockey. Check out the lead single “Gesceap” below.
The album features vocals from Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley (on “Yonder Blue”) and U.S. Maple/Dead Rider’s Todd Rittmann (on a cover of David Essex’s “Rock On”). A press release explains that the album’s initial inspiration came after they received a commission from the City of Chicago in 2010. The band were asked to create music “rooted in its ties to the area’s noted jazz and improvised music communities.” They performed some “loose themes” live and eventually turned them into something “orchestrated and complex” for the album.
Tortoise have also announced a world tour. Find those dates below the album’s tracklist.
The Catastrophist:
01 The Catastrophist
02 Ox Duke
03 Rock On
04 Gopher Island
05 Shake Hands With Danger
06 The Clearing Fills
07 Gesceap
08 Hot Coffee
09 Yonder Blue
10 Tesseract
11 At Odds With Logic
Tortoise:
01-23 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall (in the round)
01-24 Milwaukee, MI – Mad Planet
02-07 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega Jr.
02-08 Hamburg, Germany – Fabrik
02-09 Berlin, Germany – Berghain
02-10 Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
02-11 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli
02-12 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
02-13 Geneva, Switzerland – Antigel Festival
02-14 Zurich, Switzerland – Stall 6
02-15 Reutlingen, Germany – Franz.K
02-16 Vienna, Austria – Arena
02-17 Budapest, Hungary – A38
02-18 Zagreb, Croatia – Mochvara
02-19 Bologna, Italy – Locomotiv Club
02-20 Rome, Italy – Monk Club
02-21 Milan, Italy – Magnolia Club
03-09 Minneapolis, MN – The Cedar Cultural Center
03-11 Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig
03-12 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace
03-13 Montreal, Quebec – Fairmount
03-14 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
03-15 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
03-16 New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge
03-17 Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield
03-18 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
03-19 Washington, DC – Black Cat
03-20 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
03-22 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
03-23 Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival
03-24 Indianapolis, IN – Radio Radio
Watch the band perform “Prepare Your Coffin” on Pitchfork.tv’s “Don’t Look Down”:
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