mp3: Tortoise - Seneca

a personal classic. opens with a warm roar, like an orchestra warming up, except this orchestra is genre pioneering, avant everything band that dabbles in jazz, krautrock, and minimalism. usually that kind of mix inspires sort of a lazy reflection, but then these drums come in. a powerful, monster break, like nothing i've heard tortoise do before, pounds its way through a mind melting mix of simple melodies, handclaps, and sine waves.