Comments for Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Rather primitive and childish version of Can''s superior music.

The follow up to the bands debut is more experimental and still stunning. The great thing about Tortoise is that you never know what you`re going to get. It begings with the 20 minute "Djed." This track is essentially four tracks mixed into one. There is the a point about 13 mins in that sounds like your cd player is going wacky and then suddenly you realise that it is all part of the Tortoise way. Though this song winds on and on it changes up enough so that it isn`t the same thing over and over. The next track is one of my favorites ever. Entitlted "Glass Museum" this song begins with a very heavy groove and vibe sound. It pauses up at one point but then the tension starts to build and you are reminded of car chase scene. Perfect track. Then next track is essentially a bass solo with nice background effects. "The Taut and Tame" is another groove and vibe heavy song that builds tension and then releases it. The next track is very quiet and relaxing. The final track is also quiet and has good sound effects. Though not as good over all as the debut it contains a few good songs and some nice experimentation. It beats the pants off of most other sophmore efforts. This bands is rivaled only by Stereolab in the "post rock" genre. Except with Torotise get something different all the time. Which is the sign of a truly great band. Note: comes packaged in a blue cardboard sleeve (once again giving it a very nice vinyl like feel)