Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Unexpected entry in the list. 'Djed' is undoubtedly the highlight here. It is in a weird position because as an album, TNT seems like the obvious choice. However, I really respect the selection.

8/10 [KEEP]

Ah, man, this is absolutely my jam. I would've eaten this kind of post-rock album up as a teen. I've known of Tortoise for years and years and just never gotten around to playing them. Like I say, though, absolutely my jam. This album is brilliant.

𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘦 is one of those albums that makes me wish there were more post-rock records in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, MONO, or Explosions in the Sky all have albums that would be worth hearing before you die, and Tortoise show another side of what post-rock can be.

What I like most about this album is how patient it is. Rather than building toward huge climaxes, Tortoise focus on atmosphere, texture, and subtle changes. At times it feels closer to ambient music than rock, which gives the album a calm, almost hypnotic quality.

It’s not the most dramatic post-rock album I’ve heard, but it’s one of the most immersive. The longer it goes on, the more its mood starts to work on me, and by the end I’m completely absorbed in its world.

This is wayy underrated over here, it has no business being below a 3.0, so i'm for sure going to rate it a 4.
I can hear a lot of what would become math rock in this one. For being essentially a pioneer of post-rock, this is a must listen, and it is a blast. I had the melodies stuck in my head for quite a while. I enjoyed my time with it. Not too long at all in my opinion

I do appreciate the experimentation and the way the mix of sounds are built and structured, but I don’t see myself listening to this again.

This album really messes with your head, it's this big, instrumental trip that gives me the feeling of ambling through a boring, almost deserted town and then suddenly being on another planet. I got totally lost in "Djed", with its mix of driving beats, weird electronic sounds, and jazzy vibes. It's got this balance of being somewhat easy to listen to but also weirdly interesting and atmospheric.

It's got this moody, unpredictable vibe, kinda like Krautrock but with a Western movie soundtrack feel. But then, when I was just really getting into it, the album just ends with this weird sudden stop.

Bold. Big, long opening track. Loads of off-grooves and strange textures. Very different to the usual. TNT is better, but this is very good.

Elevator music. Not too bad as background, but not really much body to concentrate on. Maybe it's called 'post rock' because it's like rock music produced by someone deaf as a post? The best I can say is.. it was there.

Anyone who deliberately adds technical glitches to a track to make me think my audio equipment is broken deserves to be slapped around the legs. -1 star.

"I must put some Tortoise on", said no-one ever.

2.5
Really frustrating in that everytime it seemed to be building to something good it just faded out instead. At certain points there also seemed to be one annoying instrument/sound ruining otherwise pleasant music

Das Album wirkt heute erstaunlich blutleer. Die langen Passagen verlieren schnell an Spannung, viele Ideen bleiben skizzenhaft, und der Flow bricht immer wieder weg. Man hört den Anspruch, aber er trägt nicht durch. Unterm Strich mehr Konzept als Wirkung.

For me Tortoise always represented the labcoat end of post-rock and as such were not necessarily my favourites of that music critic cooked up genre. I prefer the loud/quiet angst of Slint, the beautiful smothering intensity of Labradford or the elegaic end-of-the-world-sadness of GYBE! I'm not sure any of these bands have that much in common other than a commitment in the 90s to not succumb to rock nostalgia which was everywhere at the time and remains rock's dominant mode up to today.

Tortoise probably sound most like they were trying to make prog for people with short hair and no interest in wizards. I can just about relate them to Soft Machine or Hatfield and the North. Nothing wrong in that. I like what they are doing but I feel kept at arms length emotionally. Maybe that's because out of all the big post-rock groups they seem closest to trying to meet the then current challenge of techno's impersonality in the way they use rhythm and texture.

I listened to this on streaming but I still had a nanosecond of "this CD is skipping" about two thirds of the way into Djed.

This was pretty cool.

Some music is a matter of taste and Tortoise is definitely that. But I love everything about it. Two basses, xylophones, meandering compositions, the drumming, it's all great. It's just art, don't overthink it.

I mean, its interesting and it is definitely different than anything being put out commercially at the time. I appreciate the odd time signatures and changes.

No one needs to hear this before they die.

I was going to write a little essay about how I don’t understand post rock well enough to rate it, but I actually really enjoyed this so I’m just going to give it a five.

Instrumental. Just not my kind of instrumental. 2/5.

Interesting. I didn't mid it as background music. Nothing that really caught my attention spectacularly or would make me seek them out. 2.

Yay! This was on my "to listen" list, and this was a great excuse to hear it! Really cool music, weird but melodic, and I wouldn't bat an eyelid if it came out last week :)

I was introduced to this album via a post-rock playlist on Tidal a few weeks before this generated, so it was great to get a chance to dig further into the album. This band is a great discovery for me, surprised I hadn't listened to them before since I am a big fan of a lot of their contemporaries. I love everything about this album really, especially the variety and experimentation. I've since bought this album and TNT, so can't really give it less than 5 stars!

Дуже люблю цей гурт, а Millions Now Living Will Never Die є на вінілі в мене. Такого пост-рока треба більше, не тупориле псевдодраматичне тремоло, а вигадлива, технічна інструментальна музика з прекрасною атмосферою.