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Tortoise
The Catastrophist
Tesseract

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Tesseract

Release date: 22nd January 2016

From The Catastrophist

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"Tesseract" is a track by Tortoise, from the album The Catastrophist, released 22nd January 2016.

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From The Catastrophist

2016

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—Tesseract

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—The Clearing Fills

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Credits

Credited: Dan Bitney, Doug McCombs, Jeff Parker, John Herndon, John McEntire