Tortoise announce first album in 9 years, share “Layered Presence”

Tortoise have announced Touch, their first album in nine years, which will be out October 24 on physical formats and streaming on November 11 via International Anthem / Nonesuch. Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker made the album across three cities where members now call home (Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago) and features contributions from Marta Sofia Honer, Skip VonKuske, and Tucker Martine.

The album includes single “Oganesson” from this past spring and the new single from the album is “Layered Presence” which is a tight blast of jazzy, percussive, krautrock with some very interesting sound design elements in there. Watch the video, directed by Mikel Patrick Avery, below.

Tortoise will be playing a special series of shows this fall, including two nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on November 14 & 15. All dates are listed below.

TOUCH
Vexations
Layered Presence
Works and Days
Elka
Promenade à deux
Axial Seamount
A Title Comes
Rated OG
Oganesson
Night Gang

TORTOISE – TOUR DATES
Los Angeles CA – Saturday October 18th – The Broad
Austin TX – Thursday October 23rd – Radio/East
Marfa TX – Saturday October 25th – Flying Island
Chicago IL – Tuesday November 11th – The Auditorium w/ Chicago Philharmonic
Lexington KY – Wednesday November 12th – Singleton Center for the Arts
New York NY – Friday November 14th – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT
New York NY – Saturday November 15th – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT
New York NY – Sunday November 16th – Bowery Ballroom
London UK – Saturday November 22nd – Barbican – 1st show SOLD OUT, matinee show added
Bristol UK – Sunday November 23rd – The Prospect Building
Leeds UK – Monday November 24th – The Irish Centre

Helsinki FI – Tuesday January 20th – Tavastia
Stockholm SE – Wednesday January 21st – Fasching
Karlsruhe DE – Thursday January 22nd – Tollhaus
Lille FR – Friday January 23rd – Aeronef
Brussels BE – Saturday January 24th – Brussels Jazz Festival
Perugia IT – Sunday January 25th – Teatro del Pavone
Frankfurt DE – Monday January 26th – Zoom
Köln DE – Tuesday January 27th – Kantine
Paris FR – Wednesday January 28th – Le Trabendo
Berlin DE – Thursday January 29th – Großer Sendesaal des RBB
Dresden DE – Friday January 30th – Beatpol

Hamburg DE – Thursday April 9th – Kampnagel
Den Haag NL – Friday April 10th – Rewire Festival
Brugge BE – Saturday April 11th – Cactus Club
München DE – Sunday April 12th – Technikum
Salzburg AT – Monday April 13th – jazz:it
Graz AT – Tuesday April 14th – Orpheum
St. Gallen CH – Wednesday April 15th – Palace
Fribourg CH – Thursday April 16th – Fri-Son
Braga PT – Sunday April 19th – Theatro Circo
Lisboa PT – Monday April 20th – Culturgest