TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LP Stoner full of fun despite it

full of fun despite it all and a fair amount of attitude because of it

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and the moment before he began making new legends as Magnolia Electric Co

It has been making major waves in critics circles based on the strength of an early artist-pressed advance cd and a couple awe-inspiring sets at CMJ in October

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TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LP Stoner full of fun despite itChicagos 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