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92
Not only is it the most acoustically enthralling album they've released, it's also without a doubt the most playful, dynamic, and anthemic post-rock album that has been released to date.
11y
83
A thing of strange beauty, with melodies and sensations slipping in and out of focus. It's mood music for post-post-moderns.
9y
80
Overall, Standards has a few detours for fans conscious of any band's "progression," but plenty of interesting songs and great musicianship for less vested listeners.
11y
80
Makes the most of [their] intellectual side .. without ever losing sight of the music's ability to do more than engage the mind.
80
Somewhere between Zappa at his most playful and the smarter end of prog-rock with lots of post-rock oddness naturally, this is the Tortoise record you can recommend to your more staid friends without losing them.
70
‘Standards’ might suggest that, finally, the world is catching up with then, but you know who wins the race.
11y
70
Somewhere between the album we've been waiting for Eno to release since My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and the album we wish Phish would stop releasing altogether ... a cohesion of styles and impulses so tight we might call it originality.
11y
70
To be smart and original, playful and provocative - those are the standards Tortoise really aspire to, and that they achieve here as ingeniously as ever.
11y
Pensaba que este álbum iba a explotar, a matarse a sí mismo y a dejar un rastro de sangre de post-rock-jazz en todo el suelo de mi casa... y aunque en un inicio lo confirmaba, luego, fue de hecho todo lo contrario, este álbum fue.. tranquilizador.
Tortoise crea viajes hipnóticos y hasta en punto adictivos de electrónica jazzy con toques sutiles de math-rock y post-rock, un anti-viaje que se siente como tal, una sensación que pretende ser clara pero que ... read more
Interesting chill project with some cool instrumentation and a great rhythmic presence, I just wished it to be a bit more powerful or impacting
Elite studying music. Cool soundscapes and experimental guitar make a really unique vibe
