Hello!!
This album has been a long time in the making, and we're excited to finally share this music with y'all.
We are Tortuga Shades, a 4-piece indie rock group from Austin, Texas. Before COVID, we spent most of our nights hopping around the bars and venues of this city, playing our music for the awesome community here.
With the loss of live shows from COVID this past year, we've set up this pre-order/fundraiser that we hope you'll enjoy!
Plus Side? The Studio!
I guess the one positive thing to come out of the pandemic is that with no shows to play, it really forced us to sit down and focus on the writing process for these new songs. Some songs we've had in the works for years, some songs came forward right away and just vibed. But either way, we were able to use this time to really fine tune everything to make it the best that it can be!
We booked studio time out in the Texas Hill Country at The Machine Shop, an incredible studio-barn hybrid that overlooks the Texas countryside. We had many deer visitors while recording, so we think that's a good sign of things to come.
Our engineer, Julian, just absolutely crushed it on these tracks. He made the entire recording process impossibly easy and fun, and offered some insights that really help out along the album. Couldn't recommend this mad lad enough!
So... like the rest of the music world, not being able to play shows for the last 6 months has cut a lot of our income for this project.
But we are not deterred! We've got some great perks for y'all that we think are really cool, from CDs, to exclusive tees, to our own custom coffee mix!
The New Album
So there's your first taste of what's to come from the album... our first single 'Comes Around'. What'd you think?!?!
Here's what else you can expect. This new album is a culmination of all of our music backgrounds. We hate trying to define a genre for ourselves, because music is such a wide open space to draw inspiration from. The record has hints of jazz, some tasty Latin riffage, hard rocking beats, surf rock double times, funky bass lines, Texas blues, and much more. We just couldn't help ourselves.
There is a lot of hope and positivity throughout the album, despite this past year of despair. It's full of motivation, and helping you get past through the tough times where you just feel like giving up. We hope that some of the music can help out fans in knowing they aren't alone if they're ever feeling down.
Thank You!
We can't begin to say how much we appreciate everyone who has been with us along the way. We started playing in 2016, and still have fans from day one who inspire us every day. Austin is an amazing music city, and we have so many talented friends and peers who rock the scene every night that keep us hungry to play along.
We're so thankful for whatever you can choose to donate, to help us pay for studio time, to help us live our dream, to help us stay afloat during this past crazy year. We love the support network of our fans, friends, and family, and can't wait to share this record with y'all.