Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.
"Nostalgia is a common thread in my work," says Hansen, "but this album wasn't driven by that idea. I see these songs as arti- facts from a future which might have more in common with our past than our present. "
The 4th and final studio album by Spacemen 3, is often considered the introduction of 2 brilliant solo projects (Spiritualized and Spectrum) rather than the work of a functioning band.