Tycho Releases 'Weather' Instrumental Album 'Simulcast'

Tycho has released his new album Simulcast. The album is the instrumental accompaniment to his 2019, Grammy-nominated LP Weather.

For any of the curmudgeon old-school Tycho fans who were flabbergasted by vocals on the last album, this is the instrumental record that will spin on vinyl until the grooves are worn out.

You can hear the similarities to the tracks on Weather, notably the melodies that follow along with the space where Saint Sinner’s vocals would have been. However, the album isn’t a carbon copy of the instrumentals found on Weather. Subtle new drums are added, guitar and synths become more prominent and there is a greater focus on the non-vocal elements to make them stand out more. It shines a little brighter, but often still captures the melancholic vocals from Saint Sinner.

Tycho shared a very long Instagram post, breaking down how he changed each song for Simulcast.

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Tycho – Simulcast 1. Weather 2. Alright / For How Long 3. Outer Sunset / Skate 4. Into The Woods 5. Easy 6. PCH / Pink & Blue 7. Cypress / Japan 8. Stress / No Stress Alright / For How Long With For How Long I felt there was something compelling about its simplicity so I wanted to maintain that with the instrumental. But this was also one of the first songs I wrote for Weather so I had been working on different versions for a while, trying out different ideas and sections. With Alright I wanted to bring all those ideas together into one song. Outer Sunset / Skate Skate was meant to be a very stripped down, delicate arrangement. But I always felt the main chord progression had an interesting rhythm to it that would pair nicely with a kind of dirty, distorted drum break. Once I had that in there I set about rewriting the lead guitar parts to give some more movement to the song. PCH / Pink & Blue These two songs are very similar, I simply replaced the vocals with a new synth lead and removed the ending. It was interesting to me how much those minor changes effected the overall vibe of the song. Cypress / Japan Japan always had this warm, almost psychedelic energy to it and I wanted to expand on that with the instrumental. So I wrote a middle section that went into some more abstract spaces but kept the bulk of the original intact as bookends. Kind of ended up feeling like a dream sequence to me. Stress / No Stress No Stress was the one song on Weather I wrote specifically for vocals so it was a bit more difficult to adapt to an instrumental. I knew there was something compelling about the energy in the tempo and rhythm but I knew just removing the vocals would leave things feeling a little sparse. I decided to revisit some themes from Epoch and create a really dynamic juxtaposition with the guitars and drums.

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The album is out now and can be ordered in digital and physical formats. The mirrored tracklists for you below, but see if you can sort it yourself.

1. Weather = Weather
2. Alright = For How Long
3. Outer Sunset = Skate
4. Into The Woods = Into The Woods
5. Easy = Easy
6. PCH = Pink & Blue
7. Cypress = Japan
8. Stress = No Stress

By Ryan Middleton

Tycho Releases ‘Weather’ Instrumental Album ‘Simulcast’

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