Turpsycore is a 2015 album by Scottish musician Momus. It was released on 3 March 2015 by independent record label American Patchwork on CD and distributed by Darla Records.
Background
Turpsycore is a triple album dedicated to music's "so-called 'eccentrics'." Two out of three of discs are
of
David Bowie and
Magazine/
Buzzcocks Howard Devoto.
The song "Ultra-Loyal Sheepdog" began as a
Tumblr post in March 2014 when the musician wrote a biography on one of the characters in Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's "Mottai Night Land" video.
The title is a deliberate misspelling of Terpsichore, the muse for joy and dance in Greek mythology.
The color palette is a reference to Greece's polychrome technique.
Production
The content of the first disc was originally published by Sony Music Japan.
The second and third discs of
Turpsycore were recorded at the "cabaret concerts" in London's
Cafe Oto in September 2014.
The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger.
It was nominated by the German Design Council for the German Design Award.
Reception
Bristol's
Cube Microplex staff called
Turpsycore "a triple disc spectacular."
s Devon Fisher commented "Momus pays proper tribute to the artists — some famous, some less so — who, like him in his
Shibuya-kei days, brought a more literate, worldly and bizarre perspective to the realm of popular culture, refusing to stagnate or get 'over-familiar and over-sold.'"
s Thorsten Glotzmann said it was "thoroughly enigmatic and bizarre – overloaded with literary, film-historical and pop-cultural references."
Heathen Harvest staff reviewed it favorably stating "A good Momus album plus a two bonus discs of off-kilter covers of David Bowie and Howard Devoto songs. What's not to like about it?"
Track listing
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