Tortoise - TNT (2LP Black Vinyl)

Tortoise - TNT (2LP Black Vinyl)Tortoise's third full length release, TNT, was written and recorded during a 10 month interval in 1997. This longer than usual writing production schedule was purposefully undertaken by the group in the hopes of crafting an expansive, diverse, yet thematically coherent offering. Clocking in at 65 minutes, TNT builds upon the spare, instrumental framework of the group's first, self titled album, and the extended edits, melodic adventures, and

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Horn of Plenty was released by the upstart Brooklyn label Kanine Records in 2004

opener “Try to Sleep” sets the album’s tone: Warmer

Originally released in 1996 and recorded between July of 1995 and April of 1996 in Chicago

Golden Retriever and Chuck Johnson harness the sound of totalities

These tracks received some local airplay

the end result is an album that delivers everything great about psych rock

Officially licensed from EMI and features re-envisioned front and back cover art

who played bi-annual festivals like the Bamako Biennale and toured both regionally and nationally

which formed in 1984

The sounds and ideas contained therein can be viewed as a logical extension of those found their first (eponymous) LP on Thrill Jockey where the group outlined an agenda exploring texture

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