Dive

Carving a path between ambient and shoegaze, Tycho's Dive flows like a mighty river. Befitting the album's home on the Ghostly label, gleaming synths guide the music's path, particularly on the slow breakbeat cut "Adrift" and the wistful IDM tune "Epigram." But guitars play an even greater role: On "A Walk," harmonics flash like sunbeams, and on the gorgeous "Coastal Brake," acoustic finger-picking serves as a wistful counterpoint to arpeggiated keys and ringing echoes. Beneath all those wispy accents, muscular electric bass serves as a satisfyingly heavy anchor.