Richard Tyler Epperson explores the breaking point between silence and chaos on “One Thought Away”

Richard Tyler Epperson is back with another alt-rock experiment, “One Thought Away,” about the battle to hold on when thoughts and feelings come dangerously close to taking over. It forges a potent musical voyage that explores the juxtaposition of fragility and deafening internal noise.

It begins with just piano and vocals, a bare-bones arrangement that lets the emotional core sink in before it opens up. The slow build, from a…