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Tortoise, photo by Heather Cantrell
Chicago post-rock staples Tortoise are back with their first new album in nine years. Touch arrives on vinyl, CD, and digital download on October 24, via International Anthem and Nonesuch, with the album coming to digital streaming platforms on November 11. Today, Tortoise are sharing the new song “Layered Presence,” with its Mikel Patrick Avery–directed music video. Check it out below.
Touch, Tortoise’s eighth studio album and the follow-up to 2016’s The Catastrophist, was recorded and mixed by the band’s own John McEntire. The quintet—Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, McEntire, and Jeff Parker—wrote all 10 songs on the LP together, but recorded them in the three cities that where the members now reside: Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon. Included on the Touch tracklist is “Oganesson,” which Tortoise released back in March.
Fans hoping to catch Tortoise live soon are in luck, as the post-rock band is slated to perform extensively in North America and Europe. That trek begins next month and lasts on through to April 2026. Find the group’s complete list of upcoming tour dates below.
Read about Tortoise’s 1998 album, TNT, in “The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s.”
Tortoise: Touch
$33.00, Rough Trade
Touch:
01 Vexations
02 Layered Presence
03 Works and Days
04 Elka
05 Promenade à deux
06 Axial Seamount
07 A Title Comes
08 Rated OG
09 Oganesson
10 Night Gang
Tortoise:
10-18 Los Angeles, CA – The Broad
10-23 Austin, TX – Radio/East
10-25 Marfa, TX – Flying Island
11-11 Chicago, IL – The Auditorium
11-12 Lexington, KY – Singleton Center for the Arts
11-14 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-15 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-16 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-22 London, England – Barbican
11-23 Bristol, England – The Prospect Building
11-24 Leeds, England – The Irish Centre
01-20 Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
01-21 Stockholm, Sweden – Fasching
01-22 Karlsruhe, Germany – Tollhaus
01-23 Lillem, France – Aeronef
01-24 Brussels, Belgium – Brussels Jazz Festival
01-25 Perugia, Italy – Teatro del Pavone
01-26 Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
01-27 Köln, Germany – Kantine
01-28 Paris, France – Le Trabendo
01-29 Berlin, Germany – Großer Sendesaal des RBB
01-30 Dresden, Germany – Beatpol
04-09 Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel
04-10 Den Haag, Netherlands – Rewire Festival
04-11 Brugge, Belgium – Cactus Club
04-12 München, Germany – Technikum
04-13 Salzburg, Austria – Jazz:it
04-14 Graz, Austria – Orpheum
04-15 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
04-16 Fribourg, Switzerland – Fri-Son
04-19 Braga, Portugal – Theatro Circo
04-20 Lisboa, Portugal – Culturgest
Tortoise: 2025 Tour
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