Tortoise - Touch NAD 2023 " and "Gold Dust Woman

" and "Gold Dust Woman

It's the sound of a great British band hitting a second peak

reflective ode "As It Was

while exploring more electro-pop soundscapes that would shape her future career

therapeutic quality

Tortoise - Touch NAD 2023 " and "Gold Dust WomanLP International Anthem (2025) US With Touch, the Tortoise bandmembers Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Douglas McCombs, John Herndon, and John McEntire harness their collectivist songwriting approach, a slightly anarchistic but resolutely egalitarian process where ideas triumph over ego towards an abstracted muscularity. While there are still excursions into the dusky, elegantly gnarled jazz ambience that flourished on landmark works like Millions Now Living