Tune-Yards

God Herself (Tune-Yards Remix)

Ashburn

Release Date: March 26, 2021 - Die cut LP jacket- Standard weight blue vinyl Track List: SIDE Anowhere, manmake it right.hypnotizedhomewreckersilence pt. 1 (when we say “we”)silence pt. 2 (who is “we”?) SIDE Bhold yourself.sometimeunder your lipmy neighborbe not afraid.

sketchy. Limited Edition [BLUE] Vinyl LP

sketchy. design printed on a blue 100% cotton Gildan long sleeve t-shirt.

sketchy. L/S T-shirt

Custom Tune-Yards socks featuring art from the album sketchy. Fully custom knit design made in the USA. One size fits most!

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The duo of <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Merill Garbus</a> and Nate Brenner, tUnE-yArDs combines soulful vocals, unusual percussion, and trenchant social commentary into uniquely vibrant music. Starting with the raw collages of 2009's self-released BiRd-BrAiNs, the project immediately attracted attention for its impassioned sound and viewpoint. Though <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> and Brenner polished their music slightly on albums such as 2014's Nikki Nack, the combination of their explorations of complex issues like race, gender, and privilege with bold song forms indebted to playground chants, work songs, and non-Western musical traditions remained as distinctive and acclaimed as ever. The duo took a more reflective, electronic-based approach on 2017's i can feel you creep into my private life, but by the time of 2021's Sketchy., Brenner and <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> combined more personal songwriting with the anthemic, kinetic style of tUnE-yArDs' earlier work.

Born in New York City and raised there and in Connecticut, <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> had an eclectic creative background. She spent some time as a puppeteer at Vermont's Sandglass Theater and also played ukulele in the Montreal-based band Sister Suvi. She began writing and performing under the tUnE-yArDs moniker in 2006, using a digital voice recorder and shareware mixing software to assemble her first songs. It took <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> two years to craft her debut album, BiRd-BrAiNs, which she offered on cassette and as a pay-what-you-want download on the tUnE-yArDs website. Thanks to frequent touring with artists like Thao and positive buzz from music blogs, the album became a cult favorite. In June 2009, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Marriage+Records%22">Marriage Records</a> released the album on cassette; that August, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%224AD%22">4AD</a> reissued it in a special screen-printed version before distributing a CD version of BiRd-BrAiNs in November that coincided with a tour opening for the <a href="spotify:artist:5VF0YkVLeVD4ytyiyVSIiF">Dirty Projectors</a>. 

Following BiRd-BrAiNs' release, <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> moved to Oakland, California. In 2010, tUnE-yArDs appeared on <a href="spotify:artist:0E8geD4kK5dXUNxeBWUWwA">Citay</a>'s Dream Get Together. During this time, <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> worked on the project's second album with bassist Nate Brenner, who became her creative and life partner. Brenner co-wrote some of the songs on April 2011's W H O K I L L, which the pair recorded at Oakland's New, Improved Studios with engineer Eli Crews. Boasting a more polished sound as well as more honed societal commentary, the album earned widespread critical acclaim and topped The Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics. W H O K I L L fared well on the charts, reaching number 17 on the U.K. Independent Albums Chart and number eight on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart in the U.S. Also in 2011, tUnE-yArDs appeared on <a href="spotify:artist:2z1tJU8hCpXCuO6vZnEZr9">Afuche</a>'s album Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match and produced <a href="spotify:artist:3cRmvX2dbq6zPFDCrogUlF">Thao & Mirah</a>'s self-titled collaboration. The following year brought collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:78SwMCDExRLOlNuvNtZ1wc">Elephant & Castle</a> and the <a href="spotify:artist:2S0rCVs10P1Q0v51wmOrM5">Preservation Hall Jazz Band</a>, as well as a cover of <a href="spotify:artist:5CG9X521RDFWCuAhlo6QoR">Fela Kuti</a>'s "Lady" that also featured <a href="spotify:artist:1h2OVSKRdJHnVqyCKqCLkf">Questlove</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2xxyuUOZJxayJDF6SxLG2K">Akua Naru</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:51qUDJb5AtQX6jIL4VJx6M">Angelique Kidjo</a>, and appeared on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Red+Hot+Organization%22">Red Hot Organization</a>'s second tribute to the Afrobeat innovator, Red Hot + Fela. 

Early in 2013, <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> and Brenner returned with tUnE-yArDs as Yoko, a single that saw them covering and remixing two of <a href="spotify:artist:2s4tjL6W3qrblOe0raIzwJ">Yoko Ono</a>'s songs to benefit the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, one of the charities helping those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Later in the year, they worked with the Blind Boys of Alabama on their album I'll Find a Way and lent their production skills to a pair of songs on Latryx's The Second Album. When <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> and Brenner started work on tUnE-yArDs' third album, a trip to Haiti provided inspiration, while collaborations with producers Malay and John Hill -- known for their work with <a href="spotify:artist:2ht3wxeT69CzyKFChNnNAB">Big Boi</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0QJIPDAEDILuo8AIq3pMuU">M.I.A.</a>, among others -- and <a href="spotify:artist:3bzZhiUIN7300mrCcLsUBH">Roomful of Teeth</a> gave May 2014's Nikki Nack an even more eclectic and accessible feel. The album peaked at number 11 on the U.K. Independent Albums chart; in the States, it hit number four on Billboard's Independent Albums chart. 

Prior to the release of tUnE-yArDs' fourth album, <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> produced a pair of 2016 albums: <a href="spotify:artist:2dn0CGCWvtrwZ66bOeLNb2">Thao & the Get Down Stay Down</a>'s A Man Alive and <a href="spotify:artist:67zR9a98QqWJwpO7wBrGog">Sonny & the Sunsets</a>' Moods Baby Moods. She also curated C.L.A.W., a Red Bull Radio show featuring music from female-identifying artists, and had a weekly DJ set at an Oakland, California bar. Her DJ sets, as well as electronic, Haitian, and Kenyan influences informed January 2018's i can feel you creep into my private life. Reaching number ten on the U.K.'s Independent Albums chart and number 11 on the Independent Albums chart in the U.S, the album was co-written and co-produced by <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> and Brenner and found them streamlining their music while tackling complicated issues in their lyrics. That year, tUnE-yArDs also provided the score to Boots Riley's acclaimed satire Sorry to Bother You. Following an appearance on <a href="spotify:artist:3EMSpwRtkvUTxfB4aS5xnA">Battles</a>' 2019 album Juice B Crypts, <a href="spotify:artist:0F6njK2daRnpEgh73K5XbF">Garbus</a> and Brenner set to work on the project's fifth album. The duo favored live instruments instead of electronics, jammed for hours, and drew inspiration from Beastie Boys Book and <a href="spotify:artist:1h2OVSKRdJHnVqyCKqCLkf">Questlove</a>'s Creative Quest. The results were March 2021's Sketchy., which built on the introspective feel of private life with a more energetic approach reminiscent of tUnE-yArDs' earlier albums. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi

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my choir is singing this and my teacher played this video in class. i’ve never seen a group of people look more weirded out and i loved it

I used to hear this song 5 years ago 😢

I first heard this song on FIFA and thought it sounded weird as hell, but the longer I listened to it, it became catchier

This is one of those songs you really don&#39;t realize the genius behind them until you listen to them a couple times

This is one of those songs you really don't realize the genius behind them until you listen to them a couple times

The way this song kind of unravels harmonically is one of the most interesting things i&#39;ve heard it a while. If you pay attention to the bass, you can hear how the chord outlining becomes gradually more abstract. Combining that dissonance with the gradually increasing syncopation and rhythmic tension, it really effectively makes the song kind of turn into this big, exciting, chaotic mess. Super cool effect. Also the 3-2 clave is an cool choice.

The way this song kind of unravels harmonically is one of the most interesting things i've heard it a while. If you pay attention to the bass, you can hear how the chord outlining becomes gradually more abstract. Combining that dissonance with the gradually increasing syncopation and rhythmic tension, it really effectively makes the song kind of turn into this big, exciting, chaotic mess. Super cool effect. Also the 3-2 clave is an cool choice.

There are not enough fun people in the world to enjoy this song 

The end of this song STILL gives me chills. It&#39;s one of the most exhilarating segments of music I&#39;ve ever heard.

The end of this song STILL gives me chills. It's one of the most exhilarating segments of music I've ever heard.

The amount of effort they put in this video is incredible. Song is actually pretty underrated.

Video seems to be in the style of don&#39;t hug me I&#39;m scared.

Video seems to be in the style of don't hug me I'm scared.

I didn&#39;t like this song until the 16th time I heard it, then it starts to grow on you.

I didn't like this song until the 16th time I heard it, then it starts to grow on you.

I&#39;ve been sitting all day. This song literally brought me to my feet and I found myself dancing for the first time in years. 

I've been sitting all day. This song literally brought me to my feet and I found myself dancing for the first time in years. 

I love the line about the bloody dollar still working in the store

Nurse Jackie and Zoey dancing on the sidewalk :)

Just saw a commercial with this song on it and I LOVED it. Thanks Walking Dead. 

The most diverse music in my opinion is the Tune-Yards… I am so happy that I discovered this group. I was watching Letterkenny and they used Gangster in the show. I then dove deep into the rabbit hole and from song to song from old to new takes you to complete different places and feelings. Some amazing rhythms and beats and the voice control is unreal. Just a amazing talent

Google Pixel Ad is so funny! And the little girl is so cute!!!! Great Ad, Google!!! And great song too! :-)

A portion of this was playing at the end of the Nurse Jackie episode last night (08June2015) and I just HAD to find it !...So much fun !

This song just reinforces every reason I fell in love with this band

nice to hear her going down more of a ballad direction with this one.

Just got the Nikki Nack CD as Fathers Day gift. GREAT!

This is obviously Eurythmics...even with the mixed up font for the band name/logo...1983 Eurythmics &quot;Touch&quot; era...and my commentary is not derogatory...this is a beautiful homage. I love it.

This is obviously Eurythmics...even with the mixed up font for the band name/logo...1983 Eurythmics "Touch" era...and my commentary is not derogatory...this is a beautiful homage. I love it.

i love this disgust in my hair. beautiful dangerous foil to &quot;powa.&quot; there is a chipmunks version which still sounds good, and the youtube ad asks me how is my singing voice? yes. i love the flat lilts of (y)her &quot;voice on the telephone,&quot; and how the weird timing of &quot;how how how&quot; sounds like waiting for a minute. several listens planted a seed in my skull, and i trust the flower as a sample of pain onto structures of beauty. or beauty onto structures of pain, the dialogue doesn&#39;t decide.<br>&quot;i wait for relief, but the illness is my mind.&quot; i can&#39;t wait to see the new live show! i have immense trust that tune yards are doing some of the best and most necessary work on this strange staged circuit we still call music.

i love this disgust in my hair. beautiful dangerous foil to "powa." there is a chipmunks version which still sounds good, and the youtube ad asks me how is my singing voice? yes. i love the flat lilts of (y)her "voice on the telephone," and how the weird timing of "how how how" sounds like waiting for a minute. several listens planted a seed in my skull, and i trust the flower as a sample of pain onto structures of beauty. or beauty onto structures of pain, the dialogue doesn't decide.
"i wait for relief, but the illness is my mind." i can't wait to see the new live show! i have immense trust that tune yards are doing some of the best and most necessary work on this strange staged circuit we still call music.

I come back once a month just for the line &quot;1000 roads to injury; most of them so smooth it doesnt seem like they&#39;re hurting me&quot;

I come back once a month just for the line "1000 roads to injury; most of them so smooth it doesnt seem like they're hurting me"

At first, honestly, I hated the tUnE-yArDs, but after listening to what I first thought as mediocre I realized the craft used behind the songs and the true genius of them, and I started to enjoy them a lot more. I can now say I loooove the tUnE-yArDs&lt;33

At first, honestly, I hated the tUnE-yArDs, but after listening to what I first thought as mediocre I realized the craft used behind the songs and the true genius of them, and I started to enjoy them a lot more. I can now say I loooove the tUnE-yArDs<33

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay new Tune Yards album!!!!!

why is this song not famous?  it&#39;s addictive.   

why is this song not famous?  it's addictive.   

I just found tune yards. They&#39;re such a fucking trip haha. Reminds me of animal collective.

I just found tune yards. They're such a fucking trip haha. Reminds me of animal collective.

sketchy. Live

hold yourself. remixes

sketchy. TV

Out now on 4AD - https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

sketchy. - Out Now

Nikki Nack

Official Videos

Taken from 'Nikki Nack'

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Director: Joel Kefali
Producer: Ian Blair / John Curtis
Executive Producer: Danielle Hinde
DP: Mishka Kornai
Production Designer: Megan Burns
Animation: Joel Kefali and Robert Wallace 
Colorist: Alana Cotton @ Images

tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain (Official Video)

Official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbiFcPhccu8
'Nikki Nack' released May 6th 2014.

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Photography by Holly Andres
Make-up by Jenna Feldman
Special thanks to Maureen Towey and Marta Barensfeld

tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain (4AD)

Taken from 'Nikki Nack', released May 6th 2014.

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Photography by Holly Andres
Make-up by Jenna Feldman
Special thanks to Maureen Towey and Marta Barensfeld

tUnE-yArDs - Wait for a Minute (4AD)

'Nikki Nack' out now.

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Director: Tom Jobbins
Production Company: Pulse Films
Exec Producer: Zak Razvi
Producer: Rik Green
Production Manager: Ore Okonedo
Choreographer: Lauren Bridle
DP: Matthias Pilz
Focus Puller: Emil Davidov
Gaffer: Max Halstead
Art Director: John J Reynolds
Stop Motion Animator: Effie Pappa
Make-up: Candy Alderson & Charlotte Kraftman
Stylist: Nil Tomakan
Seamstress: Chloe
Runner: Inshra Russell & Nadira Amrani
Editor: Jack Abbott @ Pulse Films
Colourist: Julien Biard @ Finish
The Sisters: Joanna Wenger, Miranda Macletten & Kirsty Green.
Special Thanks: Clapham Road Studios, Claire Middleton & Movietech.
Directors Rep: Joceline Gabriel

tUnE-yArDs - Real Thing (Official Video)

'Heart Attack' by Tune-Yards. New album 'I can feel you creep into my private life' is released January 19th 2018: http://smarturl.it/TYICFYCIMPL

Video directed by Mimi Cave
Executive Producer: Danielle Hinde and Jason Cole
Producer: Zachary Wright
Prod. Co: Doomsday Entertainment
Director of Photography: Logan Triplett
Prod Manager: Andoni Elias Nava
Prod Coordinator: Lindsey Koens
Choreography: Megan Lawson
Editor: Lindsey Naldoski
Colorist: Ayumi Ashley
Wardrobe Stylist: Jordy Scheinberg
Wardrobe Assistant: Shelby Jacobson
Hair/Makeup: Kevianno Guerrero
Prod Designer: Mason Reynolds
Camera Dept:
1st AC: Mike Lemnitzer
2nd AC: Natalie Abraham
Gaffer: Beau Beagles
Dancers: Matthew Peacock, Megan Lawson, Spenser Theberge, Linda Davis, Jo’Artis Ratti, Frances Orr
Production Assistants: Jason Smith, Robert Main, Dorsey Britton
Special Thanks: BEAST Editorial

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Tune-Yards - Heart Attack (Official Video)

'ABC 123' by Tune-Yards. New album 'I can feel you creep into my private life' is released January 19th 2018: http://smarturl.it/TYICFYCIMPL 

Director: Dear Mr Quistgaard
Producer: Abi Atkinson, LS Productions
Commissioner: Gabe Spierer, Beggars Group
Exec Producer: Saskia Whinney, Somesuch
DOP: Deepa Keshvala
Editor: Faoud Gaber, Trim Editing
Grade: Jason Wallis, Electric Theatre
Production Manager: Jagoda Litkowiec
1st AD: Dominic Threlfall
Floor Runner: Lois Griffiths
1st AC: Ben Oliver
2nd AC / DIT: Owen Cant
Camera Trainee: Max Fomin
Gaffer: Craig Hudson
Grip: Rick Griffiths
Production Designer: Stuart Hudson
Art Asst: Julia Chrzanowska
Art Asst: Joe Harvey
Art Asst: Cameron Gorman
HMU / Stylist: Chelsea Graziano
Catering: Thyme Out Deli
Production Company: Somesuch
Service Company: LS Productions

Sun sun sun burn down on me
Atop this hill so I can see
My skin boils red and scabs and stings
But I must be witness to everything
Fan the fire or face the crowd
California’s burning down
Sitting in the middle of the sixth extinction
Silently suggesting the investment in a generator

I called you up because I thought you’d see it my way
I looked for freedom and I found it on the highway
No other options so I’m peeling out the driveway
Sing those brand new ABCs

ABC 123 LMNO
ABCDEFG

I want so badly to be liked
I ask myself, “Why was I nice?”
I ask myself, “What should I do?”
But all I know is white centrality
My country served me horror coke
My natural freedom up in smoke
My pre-polluted fetus lead us
Into the obscene, I mean

I’m on a desert island and I ate up all the coral
I was so hungry but I know that isn’t normal, oh no
But my behavior isn’t anything but moral
So unhappy! (ABC!)
I called you up because we had a great connection
You couldn’t hear me ‘cause of NSA protection
But we’ll unite before the very next election
No abstentions! VOTE
The ABCs

I called you up because I’d like to see it your way
The bridge between us is behind a different doorway
Thought I was looking but I don’t know what to see
Living in the new reality

Tune-Yards - ABC 123 (Official Video)

'Look at Your Hands' by Tune-Yards. New album 'I can feel you creep into my private life' is released January 19th 2018: http://smarturl.it/TYICFYCIMPL

Video by Michael Speed
Footage by Marisa Gesualdi & Jennifer Sommer
Additional photos by Nate Brenner, Ginger Fierstein and Merrill Garbus

Nate Brenner (bass, sequences, modular synth)
Michael Coleman (synth solo, crazy keys, bleeps/bloops)
Merrill Garbus (vocals, MPC and other drum programming, keys)
Maryam Qudus (vocals)
Jason Slota (drums)
Beau Sorenson (drum machine processing, vocal effects)
John Vanderslice (vocals)
Engineered by Beau Sorenson at Tiny Telephone Oakland
Mixed by Mikaelin "Blue" BlueSpruce at Lounge Studios NY

La la la la la la la look at your hands, your hands
LOOK, la la look at your hands, your hands
Look at all the objects in your hands your hands
La la look at your hands, your

La la la la look at your hands, your hands
LOOK, la la look at your hands, your hands
Turning objects over in your hands your hands
La la look at your hands, your hands

La la la la la la look at my hands, my plan
Shoot, I should’ve faced that, placed that
Tell me my own father is a wicked man
Now now now now now now now
Now it’s my hands my hands

How much would it cost to make it my plan, my man
Ooo, I wanna taste that, waste that
Sell me my own water off of my own land
Now now now now now now now
Now it’s my hands, my hands

[La la la la la la la look at your hands, your hands…]

He got the shadow to follow the foe
He got got that thing to go
La-la-locked and loaded and ready to go
He got lots of things to go, oh

Harmony, harmony
Vibration when voices are free
Harmony, harmony
How I long to see

[How much would it cost to make it my plan, my man....?]

La la la la look at your hands, your hands
LOOK, la la look at your hands, your hands
Look at all the objects in your hands, your
Hands, la la look at your hands, your hands

Tune-Yards - Look at Your Hands (Official Video)

New album 'sketchy.' out now - https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Video by Basa
Directed by Diego Huacuja T.
Producer: Melissa Lopez Ley
Character Design: Diego Huacuja T.
Background Design: Max Vera
Character Animation: Alberto Bala, Francisco Ortíz, Daniela Espinosa.
Animation & Compositing: Diego Huacuja T. , Eduardo Moya
Production Company: Obsidian
Executive Producer: Doug Klinger
Head of Production: Anna Heinrich
Post Coordinator: Maddie Ogden
Director’s Rep: Doug Klinger, Undine Markus @ Reprobates

Hamir Atwal - drums
Nate Brenner - bass, drum programming, percussion, keys, vocals
Merrill Garbus - vocals, drum programming, DX7, Mellotron, piano, percussion, loops
Matt Nelson - saxophone
Ross Peacock - synths
Mixed by Eli Crews
Mastered by Joe LaPorta

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Tune-Yards - hold yourself. (Official Video)

New album 'sketchy.' out now - https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy
 
Music Video by Tee Ken Ng
Train Conductor: Steve Berrick
Editor: Chris Trappe
Art Department: Paul Caporn, Emily Adam, Cabe Berrick

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Tune-Yards - hypnotized (Official Video)

'Nikki Nack' out now. Upcoming tour dates at http://tune-yards.com

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Video by SNEAL:
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tUnE-yArDs - Wait for a Minute (Official Video)

Nikki Nack released May 6th 2014.

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Nikki Nack MegaMix

Music Video by Japhy Riddle and Callie Day

'nowhere, man' out now on all platforms: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/nowhereman
Taken from tune-yards 5th studio album 'sketchy.', out now: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

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Tune-Yards - "nowhere, man" (Official Music Video)

Video created by Sarah Pupo.

'Nikki Nack' out now. 
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tUnE-yArDs - Rocking Chair (Official Video)

Taken from 'Sorry To Bother You (Original Score)' by Tune-Yards: http://4ad.co/SorryToBotherYou/

Out now on 4AD, to stream and download.

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Tune-Yards - SIGNS (Detroit's Theme)

‘Honesty’ by Tune-Yards. New album 'I can feel you creep into my private life' is out now: http://smarturl.it/TYICFYCIMPL

Watch the 'Making Of' mini-doc here: https://youtu.be/JRJl7RsQpG4

Director: Susan Janow
Producer, Camera and Editor: Helena Gonzalez
Set Design and Assistant Editor: Peter Woods
Production Assistants: Megan Mirro, Emily Rae and Sarah Zehr

Tune-Yards - Honesty (Official Video)

'Powa' by Tune-Yards, filmed live at Brooklyn Steel. 

Performed and Recorded live at Brooklyn Steel on June 15, 2022 
Lighting Design: Douglas Green 
Lighting Director: Daniel Kent 
Audio Mix: Mitchell Graham 
Creative Consultant: Maureen Towey 
Videographer: Eavvon O’Neal

Tune-Yards - Powa (Live at Brooklyn Steel)

'hypnotized' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Performed and Recorded live at Brooklyn Steel on June 15, 2022 
Lighting Design: Douglas Green 
Lighting Director: Daniel Kent 
Audio Mix: Mitchell Graham 
Creative Consultant: Maureen Towey 
Videographer: Eavvon O’Neal

Tune-Yards - hypnotized (Live at Brooklyn Steel)

'my neighbour' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Credits:
filmed at BotCave Oakland
directed by Dominic Mercurio
director of photography: Matthew Rome
Production Assistant: Josh Olivas

Lyrics:
oooo
let me love, let me love, let me love
my neighbor held the key to my survival
the loneliest woman I ever saw
her death around the corner
her children screaming at her
pounding fists upon her rotting wooden floor
my neighbor held the key to my survival
I made sure to lock the door
oooo
let me love, let me love, let me love
my enemy held the key to my survival
but my envy overtook my brain

I saw her doubled overand recognized myself and said
“perhaps I’ll quit besmirching her name.”
my enemy held the key to my survival
and I killed her all the same
(time! it’s time, it’s time, it’s time)
my neighbor held the key to my survival
the garbage truck kept passing her by
another week full of trash
she folds herself exactly in half
oooo
let me love, let me love, let me love

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Tune-Yards - my neighbor (Live)

'nowhere man' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Credits:
Tune-Yards:
Merrill Garbus
Nate Brenner
Drums: Hamir Atwal
Singer: Ayo Awosika
Singer: Moira Smiley
Saxophone: Matt Nelson
Director: Maureen Towey
Producer: Valerie Steinberg

Director of Photography: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Camera Operator: Jack McDonald
Camera Operator: Phil Elleston, III
Gaffer: Mila Puccini
 
Production Designer: Randy Wong-Westbrooke
Production Coordinator: Lane Unsworth
Stylist: Jordy Scheinberg
 
Recording Engineers:
Beau Sorenson
Maryam Qudus
 
Mixing Engineer: Eli Crews
 
Shot at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA. Mixed at Spillway Sound.

Lyrics:
parents are children
parents are children and
parents were children
all of the time
parents they made us, and
they tried to raise us but
parents betrayed us
even when they tried.
they held us
close and dear
and told us lies that they’d been
telling themselves for years
they’ll suffocate me so I’ll
hold myself now
I have to
hold myself now
no choice of when and I don’t know how
but I will
hold myself now
child I won't have you
I cannot have you 
child I won’t have you and I'm telling you why
I cannot mend this
I have to end this
I can’t pretend without a break inside
I’ll hold you close and dear
I’ll tell you lies that I’ve been telling myself for years
I’ll suffocate you so you
hold yourself now
you have to
hold yourself now
no choice of when and who knows how
but you will
hold yourself now
we all have doubt 
we all have rage
we all have trouble being brave enough to turn the page
but we will
hold ourselves now
yes we will
hold ourselves now
no choice of when
and who knows how
but we must
hold ourselves now
hold ourselves now
yes we will
hold ourselves now
no choice of when
and we are learning how
so we will
hold ourselves now
we all have doubt
we all have rage
we all have trouble being brave enough to turn the page


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Tune-Yards - hold yourself. (Live)

'make it right' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Credits:
Tune-Yards:
Merrill Garbus
Nate Brenner
Drums: Hamir Atwal
Singer: Ayo Awosika
Singer: Moira Smiley
Saxophone: Matt Nelson
Director: Maureen Towey
Producer: Valerie Steinberg

Director of Photography: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Camera Operator: Jack McDonald
Camera Operator: Phil Elleston, III
Gaffer: Mila Puccini
 
Production Designer: Randy Wong-Westbrooke
Production Coordinator: Lane Unsworth
Stylist: Jordy Scheinberg
 
Recording Engineers:
Beau Sorenson
Maryam Qudus
 
Mixing Engineer: Eli Crews
 
Shot at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA. Mixed at Spillway Sound.

Lyrics:
top down doesn’t cut it
will I love you, can I love you
top down doesn’t cut it
can I love you at all
top down never cut it
like a brother, like a sister
top down never cut it
can I love you at alls
o she asked was I willing to pay
not to punish but heal
from this pain
be the truth and live up to my name
I said go ahead, make me human,
make it right, make it right
wake up, woman, mirror
say I love you, can I love you
wake up, woman, mirror
liberation for all
wake up, woman, mirror
never man enough, never man enough
top down, never led to
liberation for all
top down doesn’t cut it
will I love you, can I love you
top down doesn’t cut it
can I love you at all
in my voice you can hear what I owe
it’s a debt from a long time ago
poisons all of the seeds
that I sow
so go ahead make me human,
make it right, make it right, make it right, make it right
he cried out, well how much would it take
there’s no end to a history I can’t shake
was he willing for his children’s sake
to look ahead as a human, and make
it right...



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Tune-Yards - make it right (Live)

'nowhere man' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Credits:
Tune-Yards:
Merrill Garbus
Nate Brenner
Drums: Hamir Atwal
Singer: Ayo Awosika
Singer: Moira Smiley
Saxophone: Matt Nelson
Director: Maureen Towey
Producer: Valerie Steinberg

Director of Photography: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Camera Operator: Jack McDonald
Camera Operator: Phil Elleston, III
Gaffer: Mila Puccini
 
Production Designer: Randy Wong-Westbrooke
Production Coordinator: Lane Unsworth
Stylist: Jordy Scheinberg
 
Recording Engineers:
Beau Sorenson
Maryam Qudus
 
Mixing Engineer: Eli Crews
 
Shot at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA. Mixed at Spillway Sound.

Lyrics:
yes I meant to scare you.
just like that dream where your guns get pulled back on you
they rip pieces of your fertile skin
for every sin
sin against the people
NOWHERE TO RUN!
NOWHERE TO HIDE!
you whine that you're discluded
and with that single word erase the very story of my life
so I rip pieces of my fertile skin
nowhere woman finds her little ways to win
NOWHERE TO RUN!
NOWHERE TO HIDE!
screaming babies are your problem
screaming babies are YOUR problems
eems like jesus and dylan got the whole thing wrong
if you cannot hear a woman then how can you write her song?
NOWHERE TO RUN!
(adapt)
NOWHERE TO HIDE!
(you've got)

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Tune-Yards - nowhere man (Live)

'nowhere man' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Credits:
Tune-Yards:
Merrill Garbus
Nate Brenner
Drums: Hamir Atwal
Singer: Ayo Awosika
Singer: Moira Smiley
Saxophone: Matt Nelson
Director: Maureen Towey
Producer: Valerie Steinberg

Director of Photography: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Camera Operator: Jack McDonald
Camera Operator: Phil Elleston, III
Gaffer: Mila Puccini
 
Production Designer: Randy Wong-Westbrooke
Production Coordinator: Lane Unsworth
Stylist: Jordy Scheinberg
 
Recording Engineers:
Beau Sorenson
Maryam Qudus
 
Mixing Engineer: Eli Crews
 
Shot at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA. Mixed at Spillway Sound.

Lyrics:
tell me what you really want
tell me what you really want
nothing nothing nothing, really
be not afraid
spit out your mouthful
what they can’t take
won’t be your downfall
be not afraid
others will follow
take what life gave
eat up and swallow
tell me what you really want.
tell me what you really want.
I know we never say it straight
but go ahead and change the game-o
I’ll hold your hand, you be bold and tell me what you can
sweet child, we set you up to die
so now you take my life, it’s my time
don’t regret a thing
don’t worry ‘bout me, don’t worry ‘bout me
it’s my time
don’t regret a thing, just sing
be not afraid
spit out your mouthful
what they can’t take
won’t be your downfall
be not afraid
others will follow
take what life gave
eat up and swallow
(cut it.)


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Tune-Yards - be not afraid (Live)

'hypnotized' is taken from Tune-Yards' 2021 album 'sketchy.'. Stream the album in full here: https://tuneyards.ffm.to/sketchy

Credits:
Tune-Yards:
Merrill Garbus
Nate Brenner
Drums: Hamir Atwal
Singer: Ayo Awosika
Singer: Moira Smiley
Saxophone: Matt Nelson
Director: Maureen Towey
Producer: Valerie Steinberg

Director of Photography: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Camera Operator: Jack McDonald
Camera Operator: Phil Elleston, III
Gaffer: Mila Puccini
 
Production Designer: Randy Wong-Westbrooke
Production Coordinator: Lane Unsworth
Stylist: Jordy Scheinberg
 
Recording Engineers:
Beau Sorenson
Maryam Qudus
 
Mixing Engineer: Eli Crews
 
Shot at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA. Mixed at Spillway Sound.

Lyrics:
the trees are in the meadow
the cows are in the trees
the people aren’t anywhere to be found
better take one of these
the trees are in the meadow
the cows are in the pigs
the people aren’t anywhere to be found
the gravedigger digs
look into my eyesI know you honey
look into my eyesI see you honey
look into my eyesI know it honey
look into my eyes
quiet, quiet!
look into my eyes
oh, I know you honey
look into my eyes
oh, I feel it honey
look into my eyes
you’re hypnotized
silent as a citizen
city streets of ghosts & past
they used to laugh and dance here
until a spell was cast
look into my eyesI know you honey
look into my eyesI see you honey
look into my eyesI know it honey
look into my eyesquiet quiet!
look into my eyes
Oh, I know you honey
look into my eyes
oh, I feel you honey
look into my eyes
you’re hypnotized
(you got it again)
(honey, don’t)
that mirror draws down your head
you think the image is real
your tears are melting your face
but you forgot how to feel
remember your lungs, remember your lungs
the weight of your bones, remember your lungs
wake up and look into my eye




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Tune-Yards - hypnotized (Live)

Out now on 4AD - https://tuneyards.ffm.to/holdyourselfremixes

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