Blog: Time to play b-sides

Tortoise - Photo by Jim Newberry As previously mentioned , Chicago Post Rock stalwarts Tortoise's first new album since 2004's It's All Around You will be released on June 23rd on Thrill Jockey . Titled Beacons of Ancestorship , it is, in my opinion certainly very distinctively Tortoise but compared to Around You , it seems to be more straightforward and pared back from some of the layered sound of that effort. Thrill Jockey has started the promotion of Beacons early by allowing blogs to [...]

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