Tortoise - Tortoise (1994) FLAC

Tortoise – Tortoise

Year: 1994-06-22
Genre: Alternative, Indie Rock, Rock

Tracklist
1. Magnet Pulls Through (04:38)
2. Night Air (03:50)
3. Ry Cooder (07:06)
4. Onions Wrapped In Rubber (06:40)
5. Tin Cans & Twine (04:23)
6. Spiderwebbed (08:34)
7. His Second Story Island (02:42)
8. On Noble (04:09)
9. Flyrod (03:28)
10. Cornpone Brunch (04:44)

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Total length: 00:50:14
℗ 1994 Thrill Jockey Records


Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Thrill Jockey Records
Copyright © – Wrapped In Rubber Music
Recorded At – Idful Music
Cover [Cover Design] – Sam Prekop
Photography By – James Warden
Recorded By [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Bundy K. Brown
Recorded By, Mixed By – John McEntire
Written-By – Tortoise


Tortoise's 1994 debut album was the start of an underground musical revolution in American indie rock. While a few British bands had already begun playing what would come to be known as "post-rock," Chicago's Tortoise planted the flag in America and became the linchpins for a voluminous, vital wave of post-rockers. Tortoise simultaneously poses and answers the question "Can you still be a rock band if you renounce (for the most part) the use of vocals and guitars?" The band further complicate—or simplify, depending on your viewpoint—the question by bringing in all manner of non-rock influences, from funk grooves and dub reggae production techniques to jazz fusion sensibilities and ambient textures. Most of the tracks on the band's debut are led by the rhythm section, with bass and drums generally establishing a sinuous groove over which such traditionally non-rock instruments as vibes and melodica are laid. The resulting a feel is at once propulsive and atmospheric. But from the visceral nature of the grooves to the no-frills production, Tortoise bears plenty of rock attitude.



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