Photo credit: Jamie James Medina
Tycho releases a new tune and video.The track is called ‘Phantom’. It’s a taster for the forthcoming album ‘Infinite Health’, release date August 30th. ‘Phantom is cool and trance like, a groove to be enjoyed in a garden of warm sunshine. Not exclusively for the garden, of course, it is to be enjoyed wherever you want. On the strength of this the album should be worth checking out. There’s a tour too. Have a watch and listen then move on to the tour dates below.
Scott Hansen (Tycho) says ‘Infinite Health’ is “about hope for the future and a requiem for the past.” He explains: “I kept thinking back to the high-water mark scene in Fear and Loathing, the author sitting at a typewriter looking out a window onto his past, trying to find meaning in the chaos. Infinite Health is about creating a space for healing and reflection, a mantra for spiritual, emotional, and physical healing. At the end of the day, all we really have is our health – both physical and mental – and we wish infinite health to our family and friends. So in those ways, infinite health is a salutation and an imperative.”
Sonically, the record sees him return to a more electronic-based production style, “focusing on breaks, drums and rhythmic elements” he says. “Then, using that as the foundation, and having all the instrumentation follow that lead, as opposed to the other way around.”
The results sparkle, none-more-so than on lead single, “Phantom”, which Hansen sites as his favourite track on the album. Accompanied by a suitably iridescent, 80’s-influenced visual, the up-beat track sees Tycho’s trademark sound imbued with an Italo Disco neon noir. “I wanted it to feel like a blend of lights in a nightclub with some unknown entity. The phantom; a moving and shifting intelligence that serves as a conduit, maybe a deeper understanding of what’s beneath the surface of this all” he comments. “It’s also about coming to terms with mortality (the phantom being the ever present spectre of mortality).”Tycho live dates:
Fri 13 Sep – Ogden Twilight Concert Series – Ogden, UT, US
Sat 14 Sep – Knitting Factory – Boise, ID, US
Sun 15 Sep – McDonald Theatre – Eugene, OR, US
Tue 17 Sep – Revolution Hall – Portland, OR, US
Wed 18 Sep – Hollywood Theatre – Vancouver, BC, CA
Thu 19 Sep – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA, US
Fri 20 Sep – Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA, US
Sat 21 Sep – The Elm – Bozeman, MT, US
Mon 23 Sep – Wilma – Missoula, MT, US
Wed 25 Sep – Mission – Denver, CO, US
Fri 27 Sep – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe – Stateline, NV, US
Sat 28 Sep – Portola Music Festival – San Francisco, CA, US
Tue 29 Oct – Sound – San Diego, CA, US
Wed 30 Oct – Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ, US
Thu 31 Oct – Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM, US
Sun 03 Nov – Granada – Dallas, TX, US
Mon 04 Nov – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX, US
Thu 07 Nov – Eastern – Atlanta, GA, US
Fri 08 Nov – The Caverns – Pelham, TN, US
Sat 09 Nov – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA, US
Sun 10 Nov – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA, US
Mon 11 Nov – Royale – Boston, MA, US
Tue 12 Nov – Brooklyn Steel – New York City, NY, US
Thu 14 Nov – History – Toronto, ON, CA
Fri 15 Nov – Salt Shed – Chicago, IL, US
Sat 16 Nov – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN, US
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