Tortoise - The Catastrophist (Vinyl) American Underground Germany and travelled to Melbourne

Germany and travelled to Melbourne to work with RVG

The dying man impales the priest with a stone he had been sharpening

Noon is the pair's third collaborative LP following 2005's Sixty Six Steps and 2002's Clone

released in 2008 on Teepee Records

spectral experimental harp sounds move and unfold like films and nature itself

Tortoise - The Catastrophist (Vinyl) American Underground Germany and travelled to MelbourneSimply put, Tortoise has spent nearly 25 years making music that defies description. While the Chicago based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub, rock, jazz, electronica and minimalism throughout its revered and influential six album discography, the resulting sounds have always been distinctly, even stubbornly, their own. Its a fact that remains true on The Catastrophist, Tortoises first studio album in nearly seven years. And its an album where