TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LP Modern Classical charismatic Craig Smith became Maitreya

charismatic Craig Smith became Maitreya Kali

Outer Limit Lotus is for those who think that rock is at its best when it's dead

Owing influence to writers like Lewis Carroll

where ideas are free to move and change

rooted in both aural expansion and phenomenal songwriting

TORTOISE - The Catastrophist LP Modern Classical charismatic Craig Smith became MaitreyaChicagos borderless Tortoise present their 1st album in seven years with The Catastrophist adding a whole new bunch of stamps to their travelled sonic passports. After 25 years of category defying music, they remain a unique, complex proposition with the finely honed agility to hop from whizzy electro jazz to progressive rock in the space of one track, whilst also taking in a narcotised cover of David Essex U. S. Maples Rock On, plus a seductive 60s