It's All Around You

Fifth album by post-rock innovators Tortoise. Largely written in the studio and crafted over the course of a full year at Soma Studio. Over the past decade, they've produced some of the most innovative and influential albums in 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. This new release finds the band doing what they do best; building and rebuilding upon melodies and rhythms with their own remarkable approach. Lush, orchestrated tones, intricate melodies, and densely elaborate rhythms make this their most thoughtful record to date. The members play in Brokeback, Chicago Undergound, Sea & Cake, and a million other things, but this band is always the main focus of these five distinctly visionary musicians. Released April 2004.