January 2018 saw the release of Tort‘s 11 track debut album ‘Ruminate‘ on Fiercely Indie.
Available now on all digital channels including iTunes.
On this album Tom takes on the role of vocalist, bassist, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Niall takes on the role of guitarist, pianist, synth player, producer and studio engineer. Both play a huge role within the sound design aspect of the songs (e.g: foley and sound effects). The songwriting aspect is split 50/50. Extra musicians were drafted to complete the project; Jon Blanchard entered to play the drums, and Bethany Chadd recorded some backing vocals. Bill Sellar of TruPeak Audio mastered the album.
“The endeavour strives to remain a dynamic combination of two minds from different places.” – Tort
Their influences, the majors being ‘Radiohead’ and ‘Porcupine Tree’, stem from Hip Hop, to Classical, to Rock, to Progressive Rock, to Trip Hop, to film scores. The duo are fans of mixing modern production tools and techniques with organic analogue sounds, check them out.