不知道大家對他們新專輯還有沒有期待呢? 依照我以前經驗，slsk應該早就 有整張專輯可以下載了吧? 聽過的朋友先說一下感覺吧! TORTOISE It's All Around You (Thrill Jockey) It's All Around You, the fifth album in Tortoise's 11-year career, is a sprawling, epic statement to something. (I'll explain that in a moment.) Everything you've come to know and expect from them is still here: vibraphone lines, shimmering guitars, cascades of digi- tal warmth, trickery, and attention to the beat. Possibly a sound- track to an imaginary film.....you may have heard that one before, but it applies here too, if not more than ever. The title track which opens the album sounds big. Think cinematic, as in the "The Matrix" or introspective, as in the next Sofia Coppola film. The second track, "The Lithium Stiffs" begins with soft, warm waves of ethereal melancholy. Digitized "aaahhh's" from a human voice, a first for Tortoise, are triggered over a propulsive shifting rhythm- scape before gradually giving way to a slow rising piano march up into the clouds. In contrast, "Dot/Eye" punches open with a searing delayed guitar loop over spinning drums and rapid-fire fills. Sci-fi shards of sound mix with an alternating assortment of dubbed instru- mentation, radio frequencies pulled out of space, and cyber belches that create a deep paranoid vortex. "On The Chin" sounds like the Tortoise of old - their reflective, directionless contemplation is, however, accented with more electro- nics. Throughout, melody plays tug of war to create a tried and true display of tension. Sonically it's very ambitious and it's also very precise. But occasionally I wonder what the purpose of all this pre- cision, direction and detail is, sometimes less would be more. That said, Tortoise pull in a lot of different ideas and still sound comfortable and detached. Light electronica ala Morr Music, Aphex Twin/Lee Perry freakery, Can/Neu! scales, 21st century futurism, mood- iness and optimism all play a part in sculpting the multiple dimen- sions of this album. [GA] --

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