EFA 04950-2.
dedicated to the memory of michael f. cergizan.
dan bitney; john herdon; john macentire; douglas mccombs; bundy k. brown.
Recorded and mixed by John McEntire at Idful Music Corporation; Chicago, Illinois; November 29th - December 5th, 1993. Written by Tortoise for Wrapped in Rubber Music. Thrill Jockey Records / City Slang.
The sound of a cold fire slowly building. "Onions Wrapped In Rubber"; "Tin Cans & Twine." In a windy city buffeted by police sirens and the memory of prohibition dollars.
▼ TORTOISE: SPIDERWEBBED from "Tortoise" LP / CD (Thrill Jockey) 1994 (US)
PURCHASE TORTOISE
"Standards" is never far out of my rotations, but I've never really expanded my appreciations further out.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this guide-post.
Yes. This is by far their best album, I think. I'd bought their orange 12" previously - I don't remember the title - after I heard it circulating on a home-made cassette, and that one was very good too. I'm not as familiar with "Standards" or "TNT", mind you.
ReplyDeleteYeah, cool song.
ReplyDeleteThx for this. It's been on my to-do list to find out more about Tortoise, so this is a welcome primer.
ReplyDeleteHey, Emmett. Glad to be of service. I don't think they managed to come as close to this level of sheer excellence on later albums. The entire LP is on a par with this one track.
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