Focus Track Notes HOLOCENE: On Todd Sickafoose’s “Holocene”, odd rhythmic cycles spin in opposite directions, and a vast epoch is represented by a complex, unfurling groove. UPWARD: On Todd Sickafoose’s “Upward”, a pulsing melody climbs higher and higher through a byzantine harmonic web. Starting with single guitar notes, the texture thickens, eventually making way for an unusual stew of piano, glassy strings, and percussion.