The Catastrophist

The Catastrophist
Studio album by Tortoise
Released	22 January 2016
Genre	Post-rock
Length	43:35
Label	Thrill Jockey
Tortoise chronology
Beacons of Ancestorship (2009) The Catastrophist (2016)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B-[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
Mojo	[1]
Pitchfork Media	6.8/10[6]
Popmatters	[7]
Q	[1]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Uncut	8/10[1]

The Catastrophist is the seventh studio album by the band Tortoise.

Track listing

All songs by Tortoise, unless noted

1. "The Catastrophist" – 3:52
2. "Ox Duke" – 4:49
3. "Rock On" – 3:12 (by David Essex)
4. "Gopher Island" – 1:13
5. "Shake Hands with Danger" – 4:10
6. "The Clearing Fills" – 4:22
7. "Gesceap" – 7:37
8. "Hot Coffee" – 3:53
9. "Yonder Blue" – 3:18 (by Georgia Hubley and Tortoise)
10. "Tesseract" – 3:54
11. "At Odds with Logic" – 3:15

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	164

References

1. "Critic Reviews for The Catastrophist". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
2. Murray, Noel (January 22, 2016). "Tortoise crawls back, carrying the (post) post-rock banner". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
3. Kot, Greg (January 22, 2016). "Tortoise at its best when surprises flow on 'The Catastrophist'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
4. Zerbe, Jeremy (January 18, 2016). "Tortoise – The Catastrophist". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
5. Beedham, Tom (January 20, 2016). "Tortoise The Catastrophist". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
6. Cook, Cameron (January 19, 2016). "Tortoise: The Catastrophist". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
7. Fitzgerald, Colin (January 11, 2016). "Tortoise: The Catastrophist". Popmatters. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
8. Aspray, Benjamin (January 11, 2016). "Tortoise: The Catastrophist". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
9. "Ultratop.be – Tortoise – The Catastrophist" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2016.