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TOUCH

Tortoise

TOUCH

Eighth full-length release and first for nine years from Chicago post rock group

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
K7
UK Release date
24/10/2025
US Release date
24/10/2025
  1. 8.0 |   Uncut

    It's not just a band getting back together after nearly a decade apart, but a band reaffirming the ideals that animated them in the first place. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    The wait, rewarded. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    Touch reflects the curiosity that has driven Tortoise since the beginning -- and still drives them all these years later
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  4. 7.6 |   Northern Transmissions

    Thirty years in, Tortoise are still searching, still listening, still following the sound wherever it leads
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  5. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    The Chicago post-rock band’s first album in nine years is their first to be recorded remotely. It’s a noisy, unstable, and strangely moving listen
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  6. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    If Touch were the first album by a brand new band, it would likely be judged as an unequivocal triumph — but Tortoise suffer from the burden of their iconic back catalogue
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  7. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    NEW We’re left bewildered, occasionally underwhelmed, and yet somehow still thrilled. Well, nothing to do but take it for another spin
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  8. 6.8 |   Spectrum Culture

    After such a long wait for new material from the pioneering post-rock group, “Touch” feels too safe
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  9. 5.0 |   The Quietus

    The album is not without its highlights... But even at its heights, Touch is always undermined by clashing musical elements, bland production and a general sense of awkwardness
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