{"id":2010170,"date":"2025-09-09T23:50:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2010170"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:50:25","slug":"tortoise-announce-first-album-in-nine-years-share-new-song-layered-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tortoise-announce-first-album-in-nine-years-share-new-song-layered-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortoise Announce First Album In Nine Years, Share New Song &#8216;Layered Presence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_60\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>After returning with their first new song in nine years, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/2025\/03\/27\/tortoise-return-with-first-new-single-in-nearly-a-decade\/\">\u2018Oganesson\u2019<\/a>, back in March, Toirtoise have today announced a new album. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tortoise.lnk.to\/Touch\"><em>Touch<\/em><\/a> will be released on October 24 via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intlanthem.com\/\">International Anthem<\/a>\/<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nonesuch.com\/\">Nonesuch Records<\/a>. The kaleidoscopic lead single, \u2018Layered Presence\u2019, is out now alongside a music video directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mikelpatrickavery.com\/\">Mikel Patrick Avery<\/a>. Check it out below and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.<\/p>\n<p>With two members now based in Los Angeles, another in Portland, and just two remaining in the post-rock band\u2019s Chicago hometown, Toirtoise \u2013 Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker \u2013 recorded the new album in all three cities. \u2018Oganesson\u2019 appears on the LP, which follows 2016\u2019s <em>The Catastrophist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tortoise - &quot;Layered Presence&quot; (film by Mikel Patrick Avery)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMERycG1uyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tortoise - &quot;Layered Presence&quot; (film by Mikel Patrick Avery)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMERycG1uyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Touch<\/em> Cover Artwork:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-129542\" src=\"https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-300x300.webp\" alt=\"Touch\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-420x420.webp 420w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-696x696.webp 696w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover-1068x1068.webp 1068w, https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/K1600_IARC0099_Cover.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Touch<\/em> Tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Vexations<br \/>2. Layered Presence<br \/>3. Works and Days<br \/>4. Elka<br \/>5. Promenade \u00e0 deux<br \/>6. Axial Seamount<br \/>7. A Title Comes<br \/>8. Rated OG<br \/>9. Oganesson<br \/>10. Night Gang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ourculturemag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After returning with their first new song in nine years, \u2018Oganesson\u2019, back in March, Toirtoise have today announced a new album. Touch will be released on October 24 via International Anthem\/Nonesuch Records. The kaleidoscopic lead single, \u2018Layered Presence\u2019, is out now alongside a music video directed by Mikel Patrick Avery. 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