GesceapTortoise · 2016

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“Leading with a hypnotic latticework of synthesizer chords, "Gesceap" immediately feels light-years removed from the scuffed, hard-bop crunch of Tortoise's 2009 LP, Beacons of Ancestorship. This is territory more native to their labelmates, Mountains. One series of motifs separate from the larger melodic ganglia, quickly followed by another. Drums kick-stutter into gear; looped tangles of guitar pi”