Ahead of this Friday’s release of their fifth studio album, ‘Sketchy, Tune-Yards has released its third single ‘Hypnotized’. It is a ‘soulful plea to stay awake and present in this time of pandemic and oligarchy’. Its companion video, directed by Tee Ken Ng, posits the viewer on a never-ending looping train track. […]
Tune-Yards have released new song ‘Nowhere, man’ alongside a video that takes Chaplin-esque footage shot in Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner’s garage during quarantine. Speaking about the video, Garbus says: “The song and the video for ‘nowhere, man’ were created under conditions of feeling squeezed and pushed to the brink – relatively, of course. I […]
-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- “I don’t think I’m a Goth, I like pastel shades too much…and GAP tops. I do like Depeche Mode though. Does that count?” These musings came from me, bored at work, before the Tune-Yards gig last Friday. I love Tune-Yards. Their music is spiritual without being annoying and anthemic, without being cheesy. […]
Tune-Yards started 2018 with a bang, that bang being the new album I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life. Thematically, the twelve new songs tackle race, politics, intersectional feminism and environmental prophecies head on but is probably Tune-Yards’ most immediate and upbeat record yet – this is music to dance to! Bandleader Merrill […]
Tune-Yards have released a new song, ‘ABC 123’, from the forthcoming album, I can feel you creep into my private life which is due for release on Friday 19th January 2018. Band leader Merrill Garbus’ politically-infused lyrics set a foreboding scene, as she laments, “California’s burning down / Sitting in the middle of a sixth distinction.” Tune-Yards will tour […]
American multi-instrumentalist Tune-Yards has announced a UK tour in support of her third album, Nikki Nack. Tune-Yards, which is the musical project of Merrill Garbus, will play gigs in Dublin, London, Liverpool, Gateshead and Glasgow in March next year. Her third album, which was influenced by a trip to Haiti, was released through 4AD in […]
tUnE-yArDs have always had a bit of a thing for the quirky, oddball feel of things. So it’s to be expected that this would translate to their music videos too. In anticipation of their new album Nikki Nack, due for release on May 5th on 4AD, the band have now premiered the album’s first video. […]
The first single from the forthcoming album ‘(RED) Hot + FELA’ has debuted with a remake of Fela Kuti‘s ‘Lady’ available to buy now. The track also appears as part of a launch for a ten day AIDS awareness initiative, (RED) RUSH TO ZERO, hoping to raise funding and awareness to help deliver an AIDS […]
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