Tycho - Coastal Brake

Tycho, ambient electronica's knight in silvery astronaut suit, has graced our plebian ears with yet another layercake of sound. "Coastal Brake" is a series of spacy bleep solos sewn together by a deep sine wave base and a fast-fluttering distorted guitar. It morphs across its hefty five and a half minutes even more than most Tycho songs, and dies a beautiful death as a malfunctioning Fisher Price phone set heard through a bug zapper. Because of its unfocused evolution, it's less immediately brain grabbing than what we expect from Tycho, but its subtlety doesn't take away from its immense depth. 10 points, Scott Hansen.

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