Pitchfork: Tortoise Reveal Box Set Details

Not to go all biblical on your bottoms, but remember that New Testament story where Jesus brings Lazarus back from the dead? Aside from religious beliefs, this tale resulted in the coining of "Lazarus taxon," "the paleontological term for a species that disappears, then reappears in the fossil record," according to a dictionary. OK, we lied, it's according to a press release. Not surprisingly, the name Tortoise have bestowed upon their upcoming rarity-packed box set, due August 22 on Thrill Jockey, is A Lazarus Taxon. Righteous.

Though the collection's title has changed from the previously reported Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters, and the set's release date has been pushed back from April, it still centers around 1995's out of print Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters. Weighing in at a whopping four discs, the set includes three CDs filled to the brim with rarities, remixes, and bonus tracks, as well as a DVD containing various Tortoise music videos and live performance footage.

Tracklist:

Disc one:

01 Gamera (1995 Duophonic single)
02 Source of Uncertainty (1996 Headz 2 compilation)
03 Blackbird (2001 Standards Japanese bonus track)
04 Sexual for Elizabeth (2001 Five Deez remix)
05 To Day Retrieval (1998 Autechre remix)
06 Whitewater (1995 Soul Static Sound single)
07 Didjeridoo (2001 Red Hot + Indigo compilation)
08 Autumn Sweater (1997 Yo La Tengo remix)
09 Wait (1996 Offbeat: A Red Hot Sound Trip compilation)
10 A Grape Dope (1996 Millions Now Living Will Never Die Japanese bonus track)
11 Restless Waters (1996 The Lounge Ax Defense & Relocation Compact Disc compilation)
12 Vaus (1996 Duophonic split single with Stereolab)
13 Blue Station (2001 Standards Japanese bonus track)

Disc two:

01 Madison Area (1998 Thrill Jockey tour single)
02 TNT Nobukazu Takemura remix (1998 TNT Japanese bonus track)
03 Why We Fight (1995 Soul Static Sound single)
04 Elmerson, Lincoln, and Palmieri (2004 It's All Around You Japanese bonus track)
05 Peering (2001 Gently Cupping the Chin of the Ape Thrill Jockey tour single)
06 Goriri (1996 Millions Now Living Will Never Die Japanese bonus track)
07 As You Said (1995 A Means to An End Joy Division tribute compilation)
08 CTA (2002 Urban Renewal Program compilation)
09 Deltitnu (2004 It's All Around You Japanese bonus track)
10 Adverse Camber (1998 Autechre remix)
11 Cliff Dweller Society (1995 Duophonic single)
12 Waihopai (2001 Gently Cupping the Chin of the Ape tour single)

Disc three:

01 Alcohall (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
02 Your New Rod (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
03 Cobwebbed (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
04 The Match Incident (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
05 Tin Cans Puerto Rican Remix (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
06 Not Quite East of the Ryan (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
07 Initial Gesture Protraction (Rhythms, Resolutions, & Clusters)
08 Cornpone Brunch Watt Remix (previously unreleased)

Disc four (DVD):

01 Salt the Skies
02 Dear Grandma, Glass Museum, and Four Day Interval
03 Seneca
04 The Suspension Bridge and Iguazu Falls
05 Monica Live at Primavera Sound
06 7 Songs Live in Toronto, 1996
07 Ten Day Interval, Othello Deutches Jazz Festival
08 Seneca "Live" on Chic-a-Go-Go
09 Salt the Skies / Burn to Shine

Prior to the mega set's release, Tortoise will appear at two European summer gigs, the second of which will see them performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die as part of ATP's the Don't Look Back series.

Dates:

06-02 Servilla, Spain - Territorios Festival
07-25 London, England - KOKO (Don't Look Back)

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