American electronic music band, ODESZA, is bringing their 2018: A Moment Apart Tour to the Walmart AMP on Wednesday, Oct. 3
Gates open at 5:30 pm and music starts at 7 pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 4 at 10 am.
Ticket prices range from $26 to $55 plus applicable fees and can be purchased in person at the Walton Arts Center Box Office in Fayetteville and the Walmart AMP Box Office in Rogers, by calling 479.443.5600 or by visiting www.amptickets.com.
ODESZA returns with its long-anticipated third album, A Moment Apart, a body of work filled with longing, nostalgia, hope and unity. These 16 tracks mark the next step in the evolution of production duo Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, who have been making music together since their college days at Western Washington University.
They began their meteoric journey in 2012 with Summer’s Gone, an album they completed near the end of their tenure at Western. It was followed by 2014’s In Return, which debuted at the top of Billboard’s Dance/Electronic charts and featured gold single “Say My Name.” A remix of the track by RAC was later nominated for a Grammy® in 2016.
In the course of that five-year span, they’ve gone from ground zero to selling out large arenas, all without the benefit of mainstream press or radio airplay. They’ve built their appeal through word of mouth and streaming, plus a unique live presentation featuring an 11-piece ensemble that includes a horn section and a marching-band drumline.
A Moment Apart moves into expanded sonic and psychic territory, seamlessly balancing organic and layered synthetic sounds, creating a dreamy, often stirring hybrid that owes as much to Motown and ‘60s surf music as it does to electronic forebears such as Four Tet, M83, Gorillaz and Bonobo.
But it’s not just the duo’s uncanny technical acumen at manipulating sounds that has landed ODESZA in the upper stratum of electronic music. Their immense impact stems from the emotions they elicit from their captured and constructed sounds: the powerful synths, the dynamic chord progressions that open into sweeping cinematic soundscapes and shimmering sonics, punctuated by ecstatic, thumping percussion.