Touch is the eighth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. It was released on October 24, 2025, through International Anthem Recording Company and Nonesuch Records. It received universal acclaim from critics.
Tortoise consists of Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker. Touch is a follow-up to The Catastrophist (2016). It was recorded between the three cities where the band's members live: Los Angeles, California; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago, Illinois. It features contributions from Marta Sofia Honer, Skip VonKuske, and Tucker Martine.
The album was released on October 24, 2025, through International Anthem Recording Company and Nonesuch Records. Music videos were released for "Oganesson", "Layered Presence", "Works and Days", and "A Title Comes".
Jeremy Levine of PopMatters described the album as "A cinematic record that is profoundly human and entirely spectral." Heather Phares of AllMusic commented that "all of Touch reflects the curiosity that has driven Tortoise since the beginning -- and still drives them all these years later." Meanwhile, Levi Dayan of The Quietus wrote, "even at its heights, Touch is always undermined by clashing musical elements, bland production and a general sense of awkwardness." Eric Hill of Exclaim! stated, "If Touch were the first album by a brand new band, it would likely be judged as an unequivocal triumph â but Tortoise suffer from the burden of their iconic back catalogue."
Credits adapted from liner notes.