NO WORDS ARE EVER USED WITHIN THEIR MUSIC
Having formed in early 1990’s, Tortoise has come to represent
eccentricity and diversity. They formed in Chicago during a time when
Jazz was making a minor resurgence from its long hiatus in popular
culture back in the 1920’s. During this resurgence, more styles of Jazz
and other independent types of music began to immerge in the form of
avant-garde and post-rock.
They defied the typical song/genre structure and instrumentation of most
alternative rock and grunge bands. Chicago proved to be the best
location for such experimentation and openness.
The beauty of 'I Set My Face To The Hillside' is simply the notion that
the song like all Tortoise songs is purely an instrumental with no
lyrics or words to accompany the music except the title of the song.
This gives way to an open interpretation that can’t always be done with
lyrical commercial music. With open interpretation, the listener is able
to construct their own story and create their own images based on the
sounds they hear...
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