Tortoise ‎– It's All Around You

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Tracklist

It's All Around You 4:09
The Lithium Stiffs 3:59
Crest 4:21
Stretch (You Are All Right) 5:14
Unknown 5:38
Dot / Eyes 3:46
On The Chin 5:21
By Dawn 1:51
Five Too Many 4:33
Salt The Skies 4:45

Versions

Title Label Cat# Country Year
It's All Around You (CD, Album) Thrill Jockey Thrill 115 US 2004
It's All Around You (CD, Album) Thrill Jockey, Headz Thrill-jp12, HEADZ 20 Japan 2004
It's All Around You (CD, Album) Spunk URA123 Australia 2004
It's All Around You (LP) Spunk THRILL115LP Australia 2004
It's All Around You (LP, Album) Thrill Jockey, Thrill Jockey thrill 115, THRILL115LP US 2004
It's All Around You (CD, Album, Unofficial) Not On Label (DK Series) DK 495 Russia 2005
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Rated 4/5
Review by Filmore_Mescalito_Holmes Feb 21, 2006 (edited over 6 years ago)

referencing It's All Around You, CD, Album, Thrill 115

Some pretty profound post-rock from Thrill Jockey’s own Tortoise which features some of the most beautiful and poignant art in recent memory. The front cover is an awe inspiring sunset dying over a cascading waterfall and rapids yet overlooking this scene is a yellow helicopter perched next to a luminescent city while the back features a blurred rainforest beneath an overcast sky but blocking most of the sky is a huge projection screen with a better looking skyline beaming out of it. While the liner notes tell a story of life dissatisfaction and miscertainty in the 21st century and the songs are rawly titled, the Tortoise movement isn’t exactly taking the route their name would suggest. Instead of going slow and steady, they’re heading straight for the main vein. Musically, they try to match the grandiose beauty of their imagery and succeed quite handsomely at it. Bits of the Flaming Lips appear in “Crest,” occasional world music and Dark Side Of The Moon sounds appear leaving the mood fairly chilled yet urgent while the inventive guitar effects and production brings me flashes of the unrealized possibilities of Radiohead. Although It’s All Around You never reaches the sonic peaks of anything Mogwai have done, the contemplative vibe helps let the obvious anti-advancement juxtapositions set in. This is one to think about, think during, and, well, get!

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