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- Summary: The first full-length studio release from Chicago's Tortoise since 2016's The Catastrophist was recorded in Chicago, Los Aneles and Portland, Oregon.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Nov 10, 2025A cinematic record that is profoundly human and entirely spectral. It is a world unto itself, filled with beautiful landmarks and perplexing questions. Our own world is more interesting because it is finally here.
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Mar 26, 2026Tortoise are still on a creative roll, even if it’s a very slow, drawn-out one.
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MojoOct 21, 2025The wait, rewarded. [Dec 2025, p.85]
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Oct 21, 2025it's not just a band getting back together after nearly a decade apart, but a band reaffirming the ideals that animated them in the first place. [Nov 2025, p.29]
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Oct 21, 2025There’s a careful sequencing to the record that one can only appreciate listening to it in its entirety. Let it take you places.
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Record CollectorOct 30, 2025Most of these instrumentals packs a punch, and in a variety of different ways. For the most part, crucially, it sounds as though the musicians are enjoying themselves. [Dec 2025, p.103]
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Oct 22, 2025The growing distance of time and space unfortunately seems to have had an effect on the album, which, while not without its bright spots, is disjointed and lacks the group chemistry that’s kept their best work so resonant over the years.