Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship
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Artist: TortoiseEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-06-23
Music Label: Thrill Jockey
Soundtracks:
- High Class Slim Came Floatin' In
- Prepare Your Coffin
- Northern Something
- Gigantes
- Penumbra
- Yinxianghechengqi
- The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One
- Minors
- Monument Six One Thousand
- De Chelly
- Charteroak Foundation
Free Music Notes for Beacons Of Ancestorship
Free Music Review: Maybe their best yet
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes, I'd have loved TNT Part 2 and yes, I did actually really like It's All Around You but every band needs to progress, I suppose - and Beacons is most definitely a progression. Gone for examples are the ever-present vibes of previous albums, what I always thought of Tortoise's trademark sound. The electric piano, sometimes heavily reverbed, fufils a similar function on this CD though.
The CD sounds unmistakably like Tortoise but it's definitely not TNT Part 2 and it's very different from IAAY.
I'm surprised this hasn't been far more favourably reviewed as I think it's probably their best. Took me a lot of plays though to really feel I'd got it and now can't get some of those gorgeous melodies out of my head.Any yes, there are lots of melodies here in amonst the quirky and the sometimes downright difficult structures and backdrops.
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