Today, Tortoise has shared their new song, “Works and Days,” which is patiently unfolding lattice-work of percussive shuffles, beguiling guitar figures and iridescent synthesizer melodies. The song is the latest preview from Touch, the first new album from the groundbreaking group since 2016, out through International Anthem and Nonesuch Records on LP, CD and digital download on October 24 and on streaming services on November 11. The new single also arrives with a perspective-shifting and slightly askew slice-of-life video directed by Alee Peoples.
The band has also announced very special global event on October 18, when more than 150 independent record stores around the world will host advance listening parties for Touch in their spaces and also make the album available for in-person attendees to purchase (a full week before the album’s release.) Full details and participating locations are compiled on International Anthem’s website here.
Recorded between Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago, Touch is the result of an intentional effort by these five musicians to reconnect, recenter and reinvigorate their sound for what is perhaps the group’s most diverse release to date.
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