Turpsycore
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| Studio album by Momus | ||||
| Released | March 3, 2015 | |||
| Length | 3:12:53 | |||
| Label | American Patchwork (AMPATCH016) | |||
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Turpsycore is a 2015 album by Scottish musician Momus. It was released on March 3, 2015 by independent record label American Patchwork on CD and distributed by Darla Records.
Turpsycore is a triple album dedicated to music's "so-called 'eccentrics'." Two out of three of discs are cover versions of David Bowie and Magazine/the 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. Likewise, the name is a nod to turpentine and . Also relating to Greek mythology, Momus is the god of mockery and blame.
The color palette is a reference to Greece's polychrome technique. His later album Glyptothek was published in the same year. Songs from Turpsycore and from other 2000s albums Bambi, Bibliotek, and Glyptothek were recollected in the Cherry Red Records anthology Public Intellectual.
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 on September 2014. The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger. It was nominated by the German Design Council for the German Design Award.
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