Her debut album, Bird-Brains, won rave reviews and now Merrill Garbus is back with a brilliant follow-up
Merrill Garbus (aka Tune-Yards) slayed the critics with her charming debut album Bird-Brains in 2009, a patchwork creation of loops, Afro-pop and electronica recorded on a Dictaphone.
The follow-up tidies up the rough edges a little, but don't fret that her avant urges have been dampened ? whokill is one of the most distinctive-sounding records we've heard this year. Just listen to Powa, for instance, which starts out as a gentle ukulele strum before a detour into cosmic-rock territory that ends up falsetto-ing off into some far-flung sonic galaxy.
Let us know what you think below ? the Guardian's Film&Music will review the album this Friday.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/apr/11/tune-yards-whokill-album-stream
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