A Walk
The opening track of Dive and a fixture of Tycho's live sets.
Tycho, from Dive (2011)
"A Walk" opens Dive at 5:16 (5:17 on MusicBrainz), written and produced by Hansen. We found no artist statement about its subject. Riff describes it, with "Coastal Brake", as an example of the album's swirling melodic orchestration, and Beats Per Minute says the album keeps a lively spirit from "A Walk" through "Elegy". MusicBrainz lists other releases of the recording: a Daytrotter session (December 5, 2012, 5:15), the Hohokum soundtrack (August 12, 2014, track seven of 22), a Boiler Room set (June 26, 2014) and a Kolombo remix on the Dive remix release (2012). A KEXP studio session recorded on August 1, 2014 and aired on September 25, 2014 included it.
At the Black Cat in Washington in September 2012 it was, per the Eagle, the most popular number, played early while the crowd swayed, and it appears early in sets from Kansas City in September 2016 to Tokyo in January 2025 according to JamBase snippets. We found no covers, samples, chart history, video or setlist.fm play count.
On stage
- 2014-08-01, KEXP studio, Seattle Session recorded August 1, 2014 and published September 25.
Sources
- Dive (Tycho album), Wikipedia
- Tycho: mixing music and design, Riff Magazine
- Live video: Tycho, KEXP (2014-10-05)