{"product_id":"tortoise-touch","title":"Tortoise - Touch","description":"\u003c!-- plug-seven-hike-2026-10-29:start --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1LP Vinyl -  IARC0099\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTortoise return with Touch, their first album in nearly a decade. Led by the single 'Layered Presence', the record balances taut rhythmic pulses with searching melodic themes, expanding the band’s post-genre vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Douglas McCombs, John Herndon, and John McEntire continue their collaborative approach, producing music where experimentation overrides ego. Echoes of their classic jazz-infused ambience remain, but Touch embraces bolder gestures — reshaped krautrock grooves, electronic rave-ups, and cinematic western flourishes, all tied together by the band’s distinct logic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow based across Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago, the group forged the album as an act of reconnection. It includes 'Oganesson', an “off-kilter, 7\/4 funk tune with a spy-movie ambience” (New York Times), previously reworked on the Oganesson Remixes EP by Saul Williams, Heba Kadry, Patrick Carney, Broken Social Scene, and Makaya McCraven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- plug-seven-hike-2026-10-29:end --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMedia: Mint (M)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSleeve: Mint (M)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack List: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e1.  Vexations \u003cbr\u003e2.  Layered Presence  \u003cbr\u003e3.  Works and Days \u003cbr\u003e4.  Elka \u003cbr\u003e5.  Promenade à deux  \u003cbr\u003e6.  Axial Seamount \u003cbr\u003e7.  A Title Comes  \u003cbr\u003e8.  Rated OG \u003cbr\u003e9.  Oganesson \u003cbr\u003e10.  Night Gang \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/sell\/item\/4009241638\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11px;\"\u003eData provided by Discogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46426015203465,"sku":"35389672","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/8834\/8041\/files\/35389672-0285916968f226954a7e568f226954a7e6176070005368f226954a7e8.jpg?v=1777975152","url":"https:\/\/www.plugseven.com\/products\/tortoise-touch","provider":"Plug Seven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}