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Apr 1, 2014Tycho's new album only has eight songs on it, but each one is like its own laid-back journey through time, with probably the coolest dude ever as your spirit guide. That's like super classic album status right there.
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Mar 20, 2014Awake isn’t without grip or feeling, it’s just deft, and I’ve got an awful lot of time for something that picks me up whilst being so easy to listen to and so hard to forget.
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Mar 19, 2014This is a promising new approach and one that Tycho sounds genuinely thrilled to be exploring.
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Jun 23, 2014If there's a complaint to be made about Awake, it's that at eight tracks, the album is a little short. Still, taking into account the sheer pleasantness of the music featured here, it's hardly a demerit to the record.
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MagnetApr 18, 2014He cranks up the palm-muted and Edge-delayed guitars for an eight-song chaser, that, again, miraculously never fades into stasis. [No. 108, p.61]
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Mar 18, 2014It’s an album that rewards close listening. Awake, though, doesn’t feel like much of an evolution for Hansen or his music.
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Apr 14, 2014Even as Tycho adds more depth and variety to his sound, his music's main success is giving listeners an attractive backdrop for whatever they might be doing.
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Mar 26, 2014There are worse barbs to chuck at an album than that it would make a beautiful accompaniment to some breathtaking scenery.
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Mar 18, 2014Float through this album right when you wake up or right before you go to sleep. Either way, it’ll calm you down and make you think.
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Mar 18, 2014This is a much leaner record that feels skillfully edited, with less use for indulgence and circular routes that don't lead anywhere.
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Mar 14, 2014Although Tycho and company seemingly recycle a few ideas on Awake, it's a rewarding, mood-inducing listen that's best digested whole.
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Mar 13, 2014Though the harmonic material isn’t always major keys, everything (mix, production, sonic universe) is pleasant, resolves nicely; the song structures are divided into equal measurements; much peace and congruence are present.
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UncutMar 12, 2014Though beautifully produced, over 40 minutes these spacious, electronic soundscapes sometimes lacks bite, blurring comfortingly but unimaginatively into one another, their euphoric ambitions too often thwarted by their meanderings. [Apr 2014, p.81]
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Mar 12, 2014You can hear a band recognising that the journey is important as the destination, and the process important as the final product.
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Mar 12, 2014This record is recommendable to the happy, the loved-up, the chemically-stimulated and the drowsy. If you’re one of these, Awake could be the record of your summer.
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Mar 12, 2014More than ever before, these songs spin on their own axes: and that fact alone makes this record as positive a step forward for Tycho as anything.
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Mar 18, 2014Awake is a compelling gallery of electronic minimalism whose emotional depth requires a rich listen and zero passes.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 28
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Mixed: 4 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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