Tycho - Epoch Artist_Alt-J

Tycho - Epoch Artist_Alt-JAn epoch is defined as an extended period of time typically characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events, and Scott Hansen, leader of the band Tycho, has named their new album Epoch with that in mind. The last installment in a trilogy, Epoch is the culmination of more than a decades work that has seen the band evolving and maturing through two sublime releases Dive (2011) and Awake (2014), and developing from featuring

Cat Anderson

slow tempo beat

Zackey began producing on pirated software once he had given up a life crime to focus on writing tunes and raising his family

this album could be the crazy soundtrack of a 60s hippie village on the South China Sea

That was the easy part

or Codeine’s The White Birch

The track tackles the cultural trope of the ‘black superwoman’ and – similarly to Maurice-Grey’s visual artwork – asks questions about why misrepresentations about black women exist

Leron Thomas invites the listener to enter a sound adventure

long-standing

Although the album consits mostly of solo piano

This album is about love

The accompanying liner notes (here translated for the first time) include introductions by Takara