Tortoise

Tortoise is an American post-rock and art rock group formed in Chicago in 1990, and it releases its music on the Thrill Jockey label. The band builds its instrumental pieces from guitars, bass, drums and keyboards, drawing on electronic textures, jazz-inflected rhythms and repetitive, layered structures. John McEntire, who has also worked as a producer, is among its long-standing members. Two of the group's albums are Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) and TNT (1998), both of which trace the path from its early Chicago sound to its later work.

The concert is aimed at listeners who follow post-rock, art rock and instrumental music, and who want to hear a band with a long history in that scene on a Glasgow stage. The group's catalogue spans more than three decades, so audiences familiar with its records will hear a long arc of development in its sound.

QMU hosts concerts and shows in Glasgow, and this booking places the band in the venue's programme of live music.