Anoyo

Anoyo is the tenth studio album by Canadian musician Tim Hecker. It was released on May 10, 2019 under Kranky.^[10]

Anoyo
Studio album by Tim Hecker
Released	May 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)
Length	34:26
Label	Kranky
Tim Hecker chronology
Konoyo (2018) Anoyo (2019) No Highs (2023)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10[1]
Metacritic	79/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Exclaim!	8/10[4]
The Line of Best Fit	8.5/10[5]
MusicOMH	[6]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[7]
Resident Advisor	[8]
The Skinny	[9]

Background

The album was recorded in the Jiunzan Mandala-Temple Kanzouin in Tokyo, at the same time as Hecker's 2018 album Konoyo.^[11]

Critical reception

Anoyo was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 13 reviews.^[2]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Drift Records	Top 100 Albums of 2019	56	[12]
Obscure Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2019	45	[13]
XLR8R	Best Albums of 2019	N/A	[14]

Track listing

Anoyo track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"That World"	9:10
2.	"Is But a Simulated Blur"	4:10
3.	"Step Away from Konoyo"	4:38
4.	"Into the Void"	4:48
5.	"Not Alone"	3:10
6.	"You Never Were"	8:30
Total length:		34:26

Notes

• All tracks are stylized in sentence case, excluding the word "Konoyo". For example, "That World" is stylized as "That world".