It's All Around You

by Tortoise

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) This is the album that got me into the wonderworld of "Tortoise" - and sparked my interest in the post-rock genre. The band's songwriting, and the way they put it to sound, were unique at that time, and influenced many other artists in this genre. Favorite track: On The Chin.

John Cratchley So, these guys are branching out into other collectives, garnering individual acclaim, accumulating vast musical experience across a rich and varied spectrum of styles...and then they bring it all together on 'It's All Around You'.
It has all the finesse and detail of a Steely Dan album...honed,honed and then honed again yet it doesn't lose it's grit and determination. If it were a stick of rock it would have "masterpiece" written right through it...yet, in my view, they were to accomplish something even greater...

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	1.	It's All Around You 04:09
	2.	The Lithium Stiffs 03:59
	3.	Crest 04:21
	4.	Stretch (You Are All Right) 05:14
	5.	Unknown 05:38
	6.	Dot/Eyes 03:46
	7.	On The Chin 05:21
	8.	By Dawn 01:51
	9.	Five Too Many 04:33
	10.	Salt The Skies 04:45

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Over the past decade, Tortoise have produced some of the most innovative and influential albums in all of music. From the deep and understated rhythms and tones on their 1996 landmark, Millions Now Living Will Never Die, to the bombastic rock of 2001's Standards, Tortoise have always been ahead of their time. It's All Around You finds Tortoise doing what they do best; building and rebuilding upon melodies and rhythms with their own remarkable touch.

Written largely in the studio, It's All Around You was crafted over the course of a full year, and allowed Tortoise the use of John McEntire's Soma Electronic Music Studios (whose clients have included Wilco, Stereolab among others) in serving not just as a state-of-the-art recording facility, but as a compositional tool as well. It took months of continuous writing, recording, tinkering, mixing, and perfecting to bring It's All Around You to it's finalized state.

Tortoise are one of the only bands of their size and status who have always produced their own records, and it's largely because of this that they are able to achieve and maintain such a distinct and precise sound. The band's extensive knowledge of the studio's equipment and their ability to feel at home without a restrictive deadline allowed them to explore a multitude of approaches in the composing, editing, and coloring process of their compositions. The results of this process are clear in the lush, orchestrated tones, intricate melodies, and densely elaborate rhythms that make It's All Around You Tortoise's most adventurous and thoughtful record to date. These songs build deliberately and consistently, amassing music of great detail; exploring their layers is both exciting and infinitely rewarding.

While the members of Tortoise are perpetually involved with multiple other musical projects-from Brokeback and the Chicago Underground Quartet/Trio to A Grape Dope and The Sea and Cake-make no mistake about it, Tortoise is and always will be the main focus of these five distinctly visionary musicians. It's All Around You took them to places they've never been before and shows them synergistically united like never before, now it's your turn.

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released April 6, 2004

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Simply put, Tortoise has spent nearly 25 years making music that defies description. While the Chicago-based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub, rock, jazz, electronica and minimalism throughout its revered and influential six-album discography, the resulting sounds have always been distinctly, even stubbornly, their own. ... more

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