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TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LPChicagos 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

Thankfully enough this is really far away from being one of those fruitlessly anxious attempts to bring together Post-Metal and Hardcore – Suspiria is an highly energetic

aus den Recherchen vor einem Vinylrausch

I ended up recording five different guitars

highlighting the compelling nature of simplicity

Swallow Your Teeth

agitated apathy – creating a bleak and angry sonic force

Over the next ten catalogue releases

Because it really is superb there are 15 tracks on the LP

As ever they prize a deep sense of cool yearning that hearkens back to the slow burn atmospheres of classic film noir as much as David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti’s soundtracks

I dig the brevity

Melodic D-Beat / Hardcore from Kristinehamn

Justin Vernon

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