Tune-Yards I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life

4AD

he bold and ambitious fourth studio album from eclectic Oakland based outfit, Tune-Yards. The band, operating as a duo for the first time on the new record, find a fiercely passionate and upfront sound that puts their distinctive approach into clear focus. Bandleader Merrill Garbus and long-time collaborator and drummer Nate Brenner launch into their innovative concoction of drum loops, vocal cut ups, burning synths and DIY FX brimming with confidence. That self-assurance is encapsulated not just in Garbus’ defiant lyrics, that bristle on topics encompassing politics, race, feminism and the environment, but also in album’s glistening sound palette. Robotic 80s beats collide with gleaming synths, scattered rhythms, complex structures and Garbus’ trademark alto screeches. Written and produced by the duo alone, I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life is driven by the authenticity of the pair’s singular, creative vision. Off-kilter, experimental and wildly unpredictable, the album is injected with the urgency generated when an artistic outlet stands on the verge of letting their ideas spill out into the open. Yet it’s with the confidence in their clear direction that the duo are able to pick up each innovation and channel them all into an album that soars with a forward-thinking lust to challenge established notions of what to expect from modern music.

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8/10