12 November 2021

Aborted Tortoise

ENGLISH
In May 2020, I asked Aborted Tortoise a few questions about his forthcoming LP. He told me:
We do have a second LP that we have had recorded for a fairly long time. That would have probably been released by now but we were approached by Goodbye Boozy to do the 7” just as Connor was getting to leave for Europe, so we jumped on that while we had the chance to record something new before the break. Personally, I’m itching to get the LP released because we’ve been sitting on it for so long, but if we can’t tour or play the songs live, there’s not really much point. In terms of content, I suppose it’s along the same lines as the first LP, but the songs are (hopefully) better. It has a similar sense of humour and energy to it. Most of the details aside from the music itself are yet to be confirmed, but the songs are recorded, and mastered, and we’re really happy with how it has turned out. Hopefully, it’ll be out sometime next year?
This LP was released on Monday, November 8th, via Bargain Bin Records. A Album is a new masterpiece that puts Aborted Tortoise in the category of those bands to have a perfect discography. Here it is, in just three points:
1. Post-skate music remains at the top of the indie rock scene. 2021 was less rich than 2020 in the space, but Aborted comes to save the day with an album that will easily enter the top 5 of these last 365 days. It ticks all the boxes of the genre, and thus, couldn’t make me happier (I note, however, that the band called themselves “proto-skate” in our interview).
2. The remnants of slacker music are here. It took the post-skate to kill the slackers to reign over the world. “Me too” and several scandals did the rest. But now that the slacker is dead, Aborted can take the best of it, i.e., the beer, the party, the silly attitude, and music that once again honors the eternal Lester Bangs: “rock as the most invincible joke in history”.
3. “Primordial“, “DLC” and a few others have a bogus touch. They transcend it. They smell the sun, and merguez, and fat bellies. The whole thing is infused with hardcore punk, D.C. 90s version. It is, to my knowledge, the first time that a band dares to try this combo.
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FRENCH
En mai 2020, je questionnais Aborted Tortoise sur la parution de son deuxième album. Il me disait :
We do have a second LP that we have had recorded for a fairly long time. That would have probably been released by now but we were approached by Goodbye Boozy to do the 7” just as Connor was getting to leave for Europe, so we jumped on that while we had the chance to record something new before the break. Personally, I’m itching to get the LP released because we’ve been sitting on it for so long, but if we can’t tour or play the songs live, there’s not really much point. In terms of content, I suppose it’s along the same lines as the first LP, but the songs are (hopefully) better. It has a similar sense of humour and energy to it. Most of the details aside from the music itself are yet to be confirmed, but the songs are recorded, and mastered, and we’re really happy with how it has turned out. Hopefully, it’ll be out sometime next year?
Ses voeux sont exaucés, les nôtres aussi. Paru lundi 8 novembre via Bargain Bin Records, A Album est une nouvelle masterpiece qui fait rentrer Aborted Tortoise dans la catégorie des rares groupes à avoir une discographie parfaite. Voici ce que j’en retiens, en trois points seulement :
1. Le post-skate demeure au sommet de la scène rock indé. Force est de constater que 2021 fut moins riche que 2020 en la matière, mais Aborted vient sauver la mise avec un album qui rentrera facilement dans le top 5 de ces 365 derniers jours. Il coche toutes les cases du genre, et, ainsi, ne pourrait me rendre plus heureux (je note toutefois que le groupe se disait “proto-skate” dans mon interview).
2. Les restes de la musique slacker sont là. Il a fallu que le post-skate tue le slacker pour s’imposer. Me too et quelques scandales ont fait le reste. Mais maintenant que le slacker est mort, Aborted peut en reprendre le meilleur, i.e., la bière, la fête, l’attitude silly et une musique qui fait, une fois encore, honneur à l’éternel Lester Bangs : le rock comme blague la plus invincible de l’histoire.
3. “Primordial“, “DLC” et quelques autres ont les sonorités de la scène bogus. Ils la transcende. Ils sentent bon le soleil, et la merguez, et le bide bien gras. Le tout est infusé avec du punk hardcore, version D.C. 90s. C’est, à ma connaissance, la première fois qu’un groupe ose le combo.

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