Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
Like all great stylists, the artist born Sean Bowie has a gift for presenting sounds we know in ways we don’t. So, while the surfaces of *Praise a Lord…*, Yves Tumor’s fifth LP, might remind you of late-’90s and early-2000s electro-rock, the album’s twisting song structures and restless detail (the background panting of “God Is a Circle,” the industrial hip-hop of “Purified by the Fire,” and the houselike tilt of “Echolalia”) offer almost perpetual novelty all while staying comfortably inside the constraints of three-minute pop. Were the music more challenging, you’d call it subversive, and in the context of Bowie as a gender-nonconforming Black artist playing with white, glam-rock tropes, it is. But the real subversion is that they deliver you their weird art and it feels like pleasure.
The art-rock auteur’s latest album is a glistening, richly detailed world that feels like a culmination of their ever-escalating talent and ambition.
The alt enigma's fifth album delivers a delightful trip into the darkest corners of the mind. Read the NME review.
It is hard to avoid a touch of disappointment on Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds), but it feels like something of a necessary misstep for Yves Tumor whose most exciting work thrives on these kinds of…
This artist has the skill and adventurousness to send their songs in any direction
With Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds), Yves Tumor continues their tradition of never doing exactly the same thing twice.
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With their fifth studio album — the lengthily titled Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) — Y...
In a 2016 interview with Dazed, Yves Tumor (who uses they/them pronouns) described how the “dull” surroundings of their Tennessee upbringing pushed them to make music.
On 'Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)', Yves Tumor is making one statement: I’m scaling up. Every
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor: pop's cutting edge
Yves Tumor’s ‘Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume’ finds emotional power in its varied sonic palettes and searching lyricism.
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor album review by Otis Cohan Mone
Effortlessly twisting and bending myriad genres to their will, the alt-rock superstar has made some of their catchiest and most openly introspective songwriting yet
Album Reviews: Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
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