New album TOUCH by Tortoise - OUT NOW on all digital music platforms
(( Photo by Yusuke Nagata ))
Tortoise
Touch
“Body music for head people.” -Pitchfork
“Thirty years in, Tortoise are still searching, still listening, still following the sound wherever it leads.” -Northern Transmissions
“Intriguingly unfamiliar…” -Chicago Reader
“...another subtle advance in their evolution.” -SPIN
“They continue to avoid definition…” -Monolith Cocktail
“To listen closely is to uncover minute surprises, which, with patience, expand in depth and scope.” - The Wire
“Touch is a display of perpetually unpredictable, beautiful, and vital music, for which Tortoise remains the standard bearer.” -Aquarium Drunkard
"The wait, rewarded" -MOJO
*** OUT NOW ***
all music platforms
Today, Tortoise — the iconic ensemble that "reset the stage for what might fit within indie rock" (MOJO) — release Touch, the first new album from the groundbreaking group since 2016, on all streaming platforms via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records (following last month's release on LP, CD, and digital download). The band also shares an animated video by Selina Trepp today, for album track "Rated OG."
(Chicago show poster by Goatmother Industrial)
Tortoise
with the Chicago Philharmonic
November 11th
The Auditorium, Chicago
Tonight, Tuesday 11/11, Tortoise will collaborate with the Chicago Philharmonic for the first time in a special concert at The Auditorium in Chicago, where they will perform Tortoise songs new and old with arrangements written by Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas), Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes), Paul Von Mertens (Brian Wilson), and the band's own Jeff Parker.
As noted in a preview of the show by Chicago Magazine, “to make their music work with 30 or so members of the [Chicago] Philharmonic, the band naturally needed new arrangements...‘Some of the stuff we’re getting sent, there’s new parts entirely,’ Dan Bitney says. ‘It never really occurred to me that they’d be adding melodic elements or these abstract kind of stabs. I’m just in awe of the whole thing.’” John Herndon of the band added: "Other than high school, I’ve never performed with a large orchestra... I am excited to just be immersed in that sound world.”
Tortoise On Tour
A series of special live shows is planned through the end of the year, including the performance with Chicago Philharmonic, a three-night weekend stand at NYC's Bowery Ballroom, and two shows at the Barbican for EFG London Jazz Festival. The band have also shared details of more 2026 West Coast tour dates, including San Fransisco, Seattle, Portland and Vancouver; as well a run of shows across Australia and Japan.
Chicago IL - Tuesday November 11th - The Auditorium w/ Chicago Philharmonic - tickets
Lexington KY - Wednesday November 12th - Singleton Center for the Arts - tickets
New York NY - Friday November 14th - Bowery Ballroom - SOLD OUT
New York NY - Saturday November 15th - Bowery Ballroom - SOLD OUT
New York NY - Sunday November 16th - Bowery Ballroom - tickets
London UK - Saturday November 22nd - Barbican - 1st show SOLD OUT, matinee show added
Bristol UK - Sunday November 23rd - The Prospect Building - tickets
Leeds UK - Monday November 24th - The Irish Centre - tickets
Helsinki FI - Tuesday January 20th - Tavastia - tickets
Stockholm SE - Wednesday January 21st - Fasching - tickets
Karlsruhe DE - Thursday January 22nd - Tollhaus - tickets
Lille FR - Friday January 23rd - Aeronef - tickets
Brussels BE - Saturday January 24th - Brussels Jazz Festival - tickets
Perugia IT - Sunday January 25th - Teatro del Pavone - SOLD OUT
Frankfurt DE - Monday January 26th - Zoom - tickets
Köln DE - Tuesday January 27th - Kantine - tickets
Paris FR - Wednesday January 28th - Le Trabendo - tickets
Berlin DE - Thursday January 29th - Großer Sendesaal des RBB - tickets
Dresden DE - Friday January 30th - Beatpol - tickets
San Fransisco CA - Friday February 27th - Great American Music Hall - tickets
San Fransisco CA - Saturday February 28th - Great American Music Hall - tickets
Portland OR - Tuesday March 3rd - The Aladdin Theater - tickets
Portland OR - Wednesday March 4th - The Aladdin Theater - tickets
Seattle WA - Wednesday March 5th - Neptune Theater - tickets
Vancouver BC - Friday March 6th - The Pearl - tickets
Hamburg DE - Thursday April 9th - Kampnagel - tickets
Den Haag NL - Friday April 10th - Rewire Festival - tickets
Brugge BE - Saturday April 11th - Cactus Club - tickets
München DE - Sunday April 12th - Technikum - tickets
Salzburg AT - Monday April 13th - jazz:it - tickets
Graz AT - Tuesday April 14th - Orpheum - tickets
St. Gallen CH - Wednesday April 15th - Palace - tickets
Fribourg CH - Thursday April 16th - Fri-Son - tickets
Braga PT - Sunday April 19th - Theatro Circo - tickets
Lisboa PT - Monday April 20th - Culturgest - tickets
Sydney AU - Wednesday May 27th - Oxford Art Factory - tickets
Adelaide AU - Friday May 29th - Lion Arts Factory - tickets
Melbourne AU - Saturday May 30th - The Corner Hotel - tickets
Brisbane AU - Sunday May 31st - Crowbar - tickets
Osaka JP - Tuesday June 2nd - Club Quattro - tickets
Nagoya JP - Wednesday June 3rd - Club Quattro - tickets
Tokyo JP - Thursday June 4th - Zepp Shinjuku - tickets
DELUXE VINYL PACKAGE
Touch comes on a 140 gram vinyl LP, inside a heavyweight reverse-board jacket with IARC obi strip and poly-lined printed inner-sleeve. Lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST. North American stock pressed at New Orleans Record Press, all other international stock pressed at Pallas in Germany.
Limited Edition *Axial Seamount* Color Vinyl - $30
Classic Black Vinyl - $27
also available on
Compact Disc - $15
