EIGHT POINT STAR | VINYL RECORD (LP) 12INCH Tortoise has spent nearly 25

Tortoise has spent nearly 25 years making music that defies description

and "You Are Killing Me"

pulsating with dance rock energy

Andrews began recording the album in 2013 while working at a Salvation Army in the Amish country of Lancaster

You can hear the crickets chirping and the occasional truck driving by

EIGHT POINT STAR | VINYL RECORD (LP) 12INCH Tortoise has spent nearly 25Remarkable debut album by new Cosmic Appalachian string band, birthed from the same Virginia firmament that has brought forth Pelt, Jack Rose, Black Twig Pickers, and Spiral Joy Band. Led by Mike Gangloff's droning fiddle and Matt Peyton's fingerpicked guitar, Eight Point Star mines the modal traditions of both old time Appalachia and far out drone music to produce beautiful tunes that are equal parts memorable and psychedelic. Side A starts with the