Tune-Yards, the dynamic duo of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, have released their new album Better Dreaming. The final single ‘How Big Is The Rainbow’ is accompanied by a music video featuring comedian and actress, Star Amerasu, and directed by Dominic Mercurio. Merrill shares “The title lyric came out in a flash, and felt more sincere than I’ve ever been lyrically, maybe. But in this day and age, there is no...
Tune-Yards, the dynamic duo of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, release new single ‘Heartbreak’, the second offering from their upcoming album Better Dreaming, out 16 May, showcasing some of their most effortlessly groove-filled music to date. ‘Heartbreak’ is the album’s opening track, building huge chords of Garbus’ vocal harmony around a fat slow-jam beat full of clicks, pops, samples, and dubbed snares. Garbus, soulful as ever, sings of heartbreak as fuel, as a challenge. In the...
Tune-Yards, the dynamic duo of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, share details of their sixth studio album, Better Dreaming, out 16 May via 4AD / Remote Control Records on standard vinyl, limited edition vinyl and CD. The album showcases some of their most effortlessly groove-filled music in their career. To kick off this new era, Tune-Yards unveiled the infectious single, ‘Limelight’. The song was born from dancing together as a family to George Clinton, and Garbus and Brenner’s 3-year-old can be heard singing on the track....
To celebrate 10-years of Nikki Nack, Tune-Yards announce a digital deluxe edition and a zine, set for release on 9th August. Tune-Yards also unveil a brand new remix of the iconic indie anthem ‘Water Fountain’, deconstructed by Water From Your Eyes. This danceable and utterly bonkers version reimagines the song as a dynamic, contemporary floor-filler, offering a thrilling new take that complements the original. The Water From Your Eyes remix,...
Tune-Yards release their fifth studio album, sketchy., and share a new video for third single ‘hypnotized’. A soulful plea to stay awake and present in this time of pandemic and oligarchy, the video is directed by Tee Ken Ng posits the viewer on a never-ending looping train track. Last week, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus channelled her puppeteering past for a unique rendition of ‘hypnotized’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Watch the performance here. sketchy., which includes the singles ‘hold yourself.’, ‘nowhere, man’ and ‘hypnotized’ is ut now. Unlike the lyrical...
The second instalment of tracks from the Bills & Aches & Blues compilation is available online. ‘Side 2’ comprises five tracks by Tune-Yards, Spencer., Helado Negro, Efterklang and Bing & Ruth respectively reworking The Breeders, Grimes, Deerhunter, Piano Magic and Pixies. Bills & Aches & Blues – Side 2 Listen / Download: https://4ad.ffm.to/billsandachesandblues2 06 Tune-Yards – Cannonball (The Breeders) 07 Spencer. – Genesis (Grimes) 08 Helado Negro – Futurism (Deerhunter) 09 Efterklang – Postal (Piano Magic) 10 Bing & Ruth – Gigantic (Pixies) Bills & Aches & Blues features 18 of the label’s...
Tune-Yards announce details of their fifth studio album, sketchy. The 11-track record, which includes last year’s single ‘nowhere, man’, will be released on 26 March 2021. Ahead of its release, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner release another preview from sketchy., the grounding single ‘hold yourself.’ and its accompanying animated video directed by Basa Studio. Beneath the layered sounds of ‘hold yourself.’ lies Garbus’ most explicit lyrics she’s ever written; a...
Tune-Yards releases their new song ‘nowhere, man’. The bright, brash and upbeat song is paired with a lively video that takes Chaplin-esque footage shot in Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner’s garage during quarantine and brings them to life alongside stop motion animation by Japhy Riddle and Callie Day. The song title references the Beatles song, and is a referendum on how far society has or has not come based on...
Tune-Yards’ share the final remix ‘Look At Your Hands (ET.PATXKEISHH VIBEMIX)’ from …creep…Remixes. The full remix EP is released today featuring previously released remixes of songs off their 2018 LP I can feel you creep into my private life by Sylvan Esso, U.S. Girls and Suzi Analogue. In partnership with Revolutions Per Minute, Tune-Yards will be working to generate support for small-to-medium sized organisations who are educating and mobilising voters in key...
The latest remix from Tune-Yards’ …creep…Remixes comes in the form of ‘Heart Attack (SYLVAN_ESSO_REMIX_DOTFLAC)’. Previously released remixes were created by U.S. Girls and Suzi Analogue. The final remix of the project will be created by ET.PATXKEISHH. Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls begin 4AD’s first-ever North American tour in Los Angeles at the Mayan Theater. The 12-date run will conclude on November 2 at NYC’s Knockdown Center and will also feature a DJ...
Hear Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls remix each other’s songs digitally ahead of their joint 4AD tour kicking off in Los Angeles on October 18. The culmination celebration will also feature a DJ set by Lizzie Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance. A limited edition 7” will be for sale exclusively on the tour. On October 16, Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls will discuss the relationship between content creation and artmaking as a...
Tune-Yards releases their Spotify Singles which hears the group performing ‘ABC 123’ off their new album I can feel you creep into my private life as well as a buoyant cover of The Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’. Listen below! Earlier this month, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner released ‘Mango’, a collaboration with Lakeith Stanfield’s musical project Moors. The duo connected with Stanfield through their work (scoring and...
For their new music video for ‘Honesty’, Tune-Yards collaborated with Creative Growth, an organisation dedicated to providing a professional studio environment for artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities. Watch it below! Written and directed by Susan Janow, the animated mixed-media video stars Merrill as a ‘60s housewife finding freedom through an absurd journey from grocery store to tropical giant-food paradise. Susan Janow and other Creative Growth artists created everything from...
Tune-Yards’ new album I can feel you creep into my private life is out now. The 12 songs explore bandleader Merrill Garbus’ place in the world, and ruminate on race, politics, intersectional feminism and environmental prophecies. Next week, the band will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Conan. On top of its release, the duo have shared an insightful mini-documentary following Merrill and Nate around their hometown of Oakland, US,...
Tune-Yards release a new song, ‘Heart Attack’ ahead of their forthcoming album I can feel you creep into my private life, out Friday 19th January. Watch the accompanying clip below! On the heart-rending bridge, bandleader Merrill Garbus pleads, “I’m only human,” as her voice dissolves into the digital, endlessly danceable abyss. The video is directed by Mimi Cave, choreographed by Megan Lawson and features improvisation by the cast of dancers. I can feel you...
Tune-Yards have released a new single ‘ABC 123’, from their forthcoming album I can feel you creep into my private life, out January 19. Watch the companion video, directed by Dear Mr Quistgaard, below! Bandleader Merrill Garbus’ politically-infused lyrics set a foreboding scene, as she laments, “California’s burning down / Sitting in the middle of the sixth extinction.” I can feel you creep into my private life is the fourth studio album and...
