Tune-Yards | |
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 Garbus performing at Café de la Danse in Paris, France, on June 2, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | New Canaan, Connecticut, United States |
| Genres | Art pop, worldbeat, indie pop, lo-fi |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | 4AD, Marriage |
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| Website | tune-yards |
Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs)[1] is the American, Oakland, California–based 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.[2] Tune-Yards’ 2011 album Whokill was ranked the number one album of that year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop critics’ poll.[3]
The album Nikki Nack was released in 2014, with its first single, "Water Fountain", being picked up by Google Pixel in 2016 for an advertising campaign. The album I Can Feel You Creep into My Private Life was released in January 2018. At the same time, Tune-Yards provided an atmospheric score for the sci-fi film Sorry to Bother You.
- ^ "World of Wonder: How Merrill Garbus left the theatre and took the stage". The New Yorker. May 2, 2011.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (October 8, 2009). "New York Times Music Review: Putting it Together". nytimes.com. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
- ^ "Pazz and Jop Poll: Top Albums of 2011". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 21, 2012.