Tortoise share the first preview of forthcoming eighth album

Hear the seminal American post-rock group’s ‘Oganesson’ now.

Tortoise have shared a new single.

‘Oganesson’ is out digitally through International Anthem and Nonesuch Records now and marks the first new music to materialise from the seminal American post-rock group in almost a decade. The newly premiered single also represents the first preview of the band’s as-yet-unannounced eighth album and was recorded by founding member John McEntire between studio facilities in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland.

Tortoise’s latest full-length studio album The Catastrophist released through longtime label Thrill Jockey in 2016.

Hear ‘Oganesson’ below.

Words by Sam Wilkinson.

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