Aug. 29, 2024 |
111MHz: ‘Along the Banks of Rivers.’ From the mid-1990s, here’s Chicago’s Tortoise, off their album Millions Now Living Will Never Die. The track is languorous, with a twangy lead guitar over a hint of brushed snares and organ tones. There’s something outdoors-in-the-Old West to it—sounds for the waning days of summer up here in the Northern Hemisphere.
—Brendan Hasenstab