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Old 02-12-2016, 12:09 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I've only seen them once, in 2001, but they were pretty fantastic. I'd love to see them again.
I believe it was 2010 when I saw them.

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I'm not really familiar with their back cat but i quiet enjoyed the new album. I was expecting a mixture of electronic but with a heavier focus on a post rock style. instead it was more of a boppy electronic album. I know boppy is a terrible word to describe something, it was all i cold think.
The term post-rock has evolved from describing bands like Tortoise and Stereolab to atmospheric instrumental rock, unfortunately. Pretty drastically different things.
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I rated this a 2 which I think was harsh in hindsight, but I really can't get into Tortoise's wanky take on Post Rock.
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Old 03-02-2016, 06:54 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Better than the last one, but nowhere near Millions Now Living Will Never Die or TNT.
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