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CD: TORTOISE: MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE (1996)

Instrumental music can be great while working. I’m of the sort that always enjoys having music on at all hours, but if I need to concentrate I turn to something like Tortoise’s millions now living will never die. Not to say I don’t enjoy classical music, but I always love discovering the variety of instrumental music out there.

Tortoise is a popular band for those of us who love music from the 90s, yet one I had always heard of but never heard. Millions now living will never die’s experimental flavor is great for background music because one song flows into the next and before you know it you’ve listened to the whole album. Of course the complexity of it leaves room to listen to it multiple times because every time you listen you find something new to appreciate, or at least I did.

I may be late to the game of Tortoise, but I’m happy to have the chance to add them to my musical knowledge.