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▓ [ release info ] ▓
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░ artist: Tortoise ░
album: Standards
░ label: Thrill Jockey ░
genre: Indie
rip date: 06/16/2003
rel date: 02/20/2001
# tracks: 10
size: 60MB
time: 44:19
ripper: damnfool
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▓ [ about this release ] ▓
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Revered for their ineffably clean, precise playing, Tortoise
couldn't help but mess with the formula slightly on their
fourth album, Standards. And from the beginning of the first
track it sounds like a major overhaul, with heavily
over-miced drums and distorted guitars framing a pummeling
groove from bassist Doug McCombs. On the second track
"Eros," the phlegmatic synthesizer lines and clipped drums
are more reminiscent of experimental electronica outfit
Mouse on Mars than any fellow post-rock luminaries. When the
band finally hits its stride, though, midway through the
third track, "Benway," it's with a quintessential Tortoise
groove, driven by repetitive bass figures and a vibraphone
melody (plus a hilarious nod to prog-rock at the end, with
several seconds of stop-start playing). Standards does
return the group to the green fields of their last record,
but only occasionally; John McEntire and company appear too
restless to consider making the same album twice.
Ironically, despite the range of sounds, Tortoise is still
doing what they've been doing for nearly a decade: playing
some of the most empathic, group-minded rock of their era,
then indulging in much recomposition courtesy of the mixing
desk and various effects. "Monica" is one of the least
Tortoise-sounding tracks the group has ever recorded; it
sounds like an early-'80s pop/R&B track (complete with
talkbox guitar) filtered through the lens of British IDM,
but then mutates into an intriguing stereo-separation drum
workout. Overall, Standards has a few detours for fans
conscious of any band's "progression," but plenty of
interesting songs and great musicianship for less vested
listeners. Though it doesn't develop the evocative or
impressionistic side of Tortoise (as heard on TNT), the band
is certainly as inventive as ever.
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▓ [ track listing ] ▓
░ trk title time ░
01 Seneca 6:20
02 Eros 4:26
03 Benway 4:46
04 Firefly 3:56
05 Six Pack 3:11
06 Eden 2 2:09
07 Monica 6:30
08 Blackjack 4:07
09 Eden 1 2:36
10 Speakeasy 6:18
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