Album Info

A Lazarus Taxon (Audio Version)

Alternative - 2006

Tortoise, a five-piece "post-rock" band from Chicago, IL, were one of the most important alternative rock bands of the ‘90s,... more

Tracklist

1

Gamera

11:53 min
2

The Source of Uncertainty

3:42 min
3

Blackbird

5:01 min
4

Sexual for Elizabeth

4:49 min
5

To Day Retrieval

3:57 min
6

Whitewater

5:06 min
7

Didjeridoo

4:33 min
8

Autumn Sweater

7:07 min
9

Wait

4:27 min
10

A Grape Dope

4:12 min
11

Restless Waters

3:41 min
12

Vaus

5:01 min
13

Blue Station

5:34 min
1

Madison Area

3:27 min
2

TNT (Nobukazu Takemura Remix)

10:03 min
3

Why We Fight

4:23 min
4

Elmerson, Lincoln, and Palmieri

2:39 min
5

Peering

5:11 min
6

Goriri

6:40 min
7

As You Said

4:21 min
8

CTA

5:07 min
9

Deltitnu

5:50 min
10

Adverse Camber

6:00 min
11

Cliff Dweller Society

15:23 min
12

Waihopai

4:13 min
1

Alcohall

4:03 min
2

Your New Rod

4:18 min
3

Cobwebbed

4:38 min
4

The Match Incident

5:31 min
5

Tin Cans Puerto Rican Remix

4:24 min
6

Not Quite East of the Ryan

5:08 min
7

Initial Gesture Protraction

4:47 min
8

Cornpone Brunch Watt Remix

4:18 min
9

Jetty_99 (Bonus Track)

5:48 min

About A Lazarus Taxon (Audio Version)

Tortoise, a five-piece "post-rock" band from Chicago, IL, were one of the most important alternative rock bands of the ‘90s, emphasizing the importance of rhythm and sonic textures while introducing indie kids to whole new worlds of sound. They were a revolutionary rock band in the way that My Bloody Valentine were circa Isn't Anything or even Miles Davis around the time of Bitches Brew, mixing technologies and sounds to free them from genre-restrictiveness. For an odds-and-sods set, Lazarus sounds remarkably cohesive, and is surprisingly listenable considering how experimental their music is. Elements of ambient, dub, krautrock, improv, math rock, hip-hop, and Cuban jazz are here. The out-of- print 1995 album Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters, which many consider their finest moment, is here, as are various unreleased remixes (fitting, as they were among the first non-dance acts to explore the remix). Anyone can play "King of the Musical Thrift Store that Is The World," but few have ever done it with the taste-making, fascinating aplomb as these dudes.