Tune-Yards
Tune-Yards is an American music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. Garbus's music draws from an eclectic variety of sources and uses elements such as loop pedals, ukulele, vocals, and lo-fi percussion.
The first Tune-Yards album, Bird-Brains was originally self-released by Garbus on recycled cassette tape. It was recorded using only a handheld voice recorder. A limited edition vinyl was released in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. A second album, Whokill, was released in 2011. A single from it, Bizness, came out in February 2011. The album was ranked the number one album of that year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop critics’ poll.
Garbus started recording material for her third LP Nikki Nack during the latter half of 2013. The album came out in 2014 and spawned three singles – Water Fountain, Wait for a Minute and Rocking Chair. Their fourth album, I Can Feel You Creep into My Private Life, was released in January 2018. The album showed more of an electronic influence. Their fifth album Sketchy was released in 2021.
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Tune-Yards is an American music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. Garbus's music draws from an eclectic variety of sources and uses elements such as loop pedals, ukulele, vocals, and lo-fi percussion.
The first Tune-Yards album, Bird-Brains was originally self-released by Garbus on recycled cassette tape. It was recorded using only a handheld voice recorder. A limited edition vinyl was released in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. A second album, Whokill, was released in 2011. A single from it, Bizness, came out in February 2011. The album was ranked the number one album of that year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop critics’ poll.
Garbus started recording material for her third LP Nikki Nack during the latter half of 2013. The album came out in 2014 and spawned three singles – Water Fountain, Wait for a Minute and Rocking Chair. Their fourth album, I Can Feel You Creep into My Private Life, was released in January 2018. The album showed more of an electronic influence. Their fifth album Sketchy was released in 2021.