The Lobos (9-2, 6-2) have been on an extended COVID-19-related break that included a week spent in isolation in Fort Collins, Colorado. Featured peformers: Rashad Becker (mastering engineer, cutting engineer), Ville Haimala (mixing engineer), Daniel Sannwald (photography), Bliss Serenity Resting (design). For someone who is not used to Yves Tumor, this track might be too frightening but it is still one that is crucial to understand the message of what this album is accomplishing. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Last year, three of the six members of the Journal editorial board had family vehicles burglarized, in three different quadrants of town, with the same result. Anxiety? Yves Tumor is at his most vulnerable here with his heart wrenching vocals and a tear jerker of a cello solo. EMAIL. My only complaint about the album is I think a couple songs take a little too long to get to the point, most notably Economy of Freedom and Recognizing the Enemy. I feel this’ll stay with me for a long while to come. A tall slender man wearing a skeleton mask over his head took the stage. Right now it’s my third favorite album of the year, but I feel like with time it might snatch the top spot. Serpent Music, the new album by Mykki Banco associate Yves Tumor, may only feature lyrics on a few of its tracks, but it somehow manages to convey a painfully vivid narrative. Looking for an album? There is something for everyone here, with the catchy radio-friendly pop perfection of “Noid,” along with the terrifying hellscape that can be found with “Hope in Suffering (Escaping Oblivion & Overcoming Powerlessness).” Simply put, listen to this fucking album, I don't care who you are. Sean Bowie (or at least that's what we think his name is), better known as Yves Tumor, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and began to make music as an outlet for the frustration found in an area that is known to be predominantly conservative. I just heard Noid for the first time two days ago and it’s on repeat. Love Is The Law Ayxita, Wake Up (Vocals – Sharmai Areesh) 3. why does every album have to be about "depression". What do you feel is the central theme here? REVIEWING MUSIC. Describing their experience growing up in Tennessee as unpleasant, Yves moved at age 20 to San Diego, and after college to Los Angeles, and met … I'm surprised that Serpent Music isn't held up as a masterpiece in its own right, it's one of my favourite night time albums. 2018 provided us with some of the most diverse and divisive songs to come out of this turbulent decade. As soon as those drums kick in on “Lifetime” you know you’re in for some shit. Child Of Rage 9. It's incredible. They are absolutely amazing. But I think this is because they are being compared against Noid and Lifetime which I think are two song of the year contenders. And there aren’t even the old “six degrees of separation” between crime victims. It shows that mental suffering isn't always depressing or empty and pessimistic, it can sometimes show signs of hope and desire for a better life. for the sake of preserving discussion on as many albums as possible. Tiny Mix Tapes. The period of self reflection begins for this album where the pieces are beginning to get picked up in order to move forward after pain and suffering. It's a difficult thing to process, but it is something that is an aspect of life that simply cannot be ignored. Yves Tumor Menu; Sign In; Cart MUSIC; MERCH; Sign In; View Your Wish List ... 12 A Greater Love 3:04 Buy. That song is incredible and I was like wtf is this? i feel like i still barely understand this album, but also have known it for a long time. For some reason the vocals and tempo remind me of it a lot. It does stick out here on the second half significantly, but it's such a catchy and great moment that it really doesn't matter. Paigon Hunting 11. The official Yves Tumor Store. I just met youBut I can't live without you, noooo…, Sister mother brother father, have you looked outsideI'm scared for my lifeThey don't trust usI'm not part of the killing spreeA symptom, born loser, statistic, I wanna be the one to hold you closerThan no one has ever done beforeSome call it pain, some call it torture, maybe I enjoy itLost in my own mind, trying to find myselfI crawled back in our mother's womb to find a piece of you, I look so different, I look so differentInside my own living hellIt means so much to me when I can't recognize myselfRemove the part of me inside my own living hell. Even after the 20th listen, chills still run down my spine while listening to this. The album's intro, “Faith in Nothing Except in Salvation,” starts the album off with dissonant fanfare, which builds up and makes you anxiously wait for what's to come. With the lyric, “Safe in the hands of love, that's where I feel the pressure,” Yves wants to say that love is the only way that he can escape from the chaos that is around him and his family. This is very reminiscent of some of the upbeat tracks on Serpent Music that people should use to recommend for first time Yves Tumor listeners. A couple of songs in the middle are annoying, making it slightly uneven, but the first 4 and last 3 tracks are stellar. Yes probably AOTY for me(or exael collex). Raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tumor started making music at age 16 as an outlet away from "dull, conservative surroundings. It's a really impressive combination of genres and themes that together make something I've not heard before. Life and career. It's an attempt at an R&B song that leaves you feeling uneasy instead of sexy in the best way possible. The Noid/Licking An Orchid/Lifetime stretch is inmaculate. "They were self taught in learning how to play drums, bass, guitar, and keyboards. Who would you like to see collaborate with Yves Tumor based on the sounds found in this album? Maybe Yves uses both of them, I'm not sure. Does anyone else hear "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind when listening to it? The second half of the album begins with “Lifetime,” a “happier” song that almost acts as a release of all the previous tracks. This is what Yon Solo’s music reminds us of: naive, sincere and delicate. This album is one of the most accurate and all-encompassing portrayals of anxiety and mental illness ever recorded. Naturally since it's the festive season, we held @semiinteresting hostage and forced them to review Yves Tumor's Safe in the Hands of Love for us. The blending of all these sounds could symbolize Yves rising like a phoenix from the ashes of suffering in order to become more passionate and ready to destroy anything that comes in his way. The last half of this song is a total breakdown in every sense of the word. Many people who suffer from mental illness can sometimes believe that love will solve these problems, but shortly discover that this sense of false hope can sometimes have them end up in a worse position than before they fell in love. It's a 41 minute storm of controlled chaos that only someone like Yves Tumor could execute with such grace and power. Day 24 of our Album of the Year 2018 series comes with a slight change of plan. In a genre where the idea of making anything remotely scientific or formulaic has been almost completely blotted out, Comethazine impressively manages to make an album that is pure formula. While I liked Serpent Music, Yves is just operating at a completely different level not only here, but just in music in general. – Overview Effect 47:49 experimental electro Annecy, France Independent Paris Death Hilton – Age of Death … Such an incredible album, certainly one of the year's best. On my first listen few listens, I wasn't really a huge fan of the second half, but I kept tracks 2-5 on repeat. Never heard anything like it, yet it's so familiar and comfortable. ... LadyLand Festival 2019 in pics (Pussy Riot, Yves Tumor, Rina Sawayama, more) July … Hopefully more folks give him a shot and an attentive listen. Dry Guillotine 7. “Licking an Orchid,” which features James K, is a harrowing and downright PAINFUL song to listen to. It was released on September 23, 2016 on … I randomly discovered Yves this year because I let an album play and after it finishes spotify plays related songs and I came across Licking an Orchid. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. How it fluctuates between sounding stressed and lovely is how it feels to have anxiety issues. Just like you mention in your write up, it gives that feeling of terror and hopelessness but at the same time it's positive and uplifting. Is it love? That’s all I have to say on the matter. Vocals come in and they feel like a dream slowly unraveling and disintegrating right before your eyes. This is the equivalent of taking a long look in the mirror at yourself and trying to figure out where everything went wrong. Like what almost everyone has said thus far, this album does a lot in a short run-time. He self-released his first album, When Man Fails You, in 2015 and then Serpent Music the following year. Album Heaven to a Tortured Mind. After that, he released Serpent Music in 2016 under the label PAN Records. It's a tough act to follow but “All the Love We Have Now” does just that by feeling almost like crying and bringing yourself back up. A diverse collage of sound that lurches from meditative to viscerally evocative. Yves Tumor is an associate of Mykki Blanco and was a key player on last year’s C-ORE compilation. Serpent Music is a beautiful record that was the first introduction to Yves' style for many, including myself. This year saw the emergence of bedroom-pop into the mainstream, the popularity of emo-rap absolutely jettison out of the hip-hop community, and the rise of conscious music lyrics truly making an impact on the social spectrum of 2018 (my favorites being the … 1. TNGHT, released their second EP last month, setting the blueprint for many a moshpit to come. Released 22 September 2016 on PAN (catalog no. A pesar del irrefrenable ritmo de producción de Yves Tumor (en 2015 lanzó When Man Fails You, en 2016 Serpent Music, en 2017 el recopilatorio Experiencing the Deposit of Faith y en 2018 el excepcional Safe in the Hands of Love), ha sido durante este último año y medio cuando Sean Bowie ha logrado dar un salto en lo que a popularidad se refiere fuera de los Estados Unidos. Yves Tumor once again leaves the listener wanting more, but also with more questions than they arrived with, which is just the way he wants it. Well, I guess I’d compare her method to the concept of world-building, creating a machinery of musical layers that stack and stack on top of each other as opposed to … Do you feel Yves Tumor could ever be a household name as a pop musician? YVES TUMOR LIVE AT VILLAIN. Ask here, and others can help to supply you with a download link. A thin table towards the back of the stage was the only thing between the mysterious Yves Tumor and the anxious crowd. Serpent Music is a beautiful record that was the first introduction to Yves' style for many, including myself. The album comes to an end with “Let the Lioness in You Flow Freely,” which sounds like an amalgamation of all the moments of this album filtered down into five and a half minutes where it is almost meant to sound like a celebration. This is a really great album. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It's an absolutely wonderful balance between experimental and electronic music. It is a pop song that is familiar and stomach churning all at once. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Of course, when these depressive episodes come, they come as a whirlwind that is inescapable and will swallow anything in its path. REDDIT. I feel like Yves Tumor is starting to get more much deserved attention; not quite a household name but on his way. Store exclusive drops are random times/days now, most I don’t get emails for and only see them because somebody posts on reddit. Everything Indie Music related; from the newest releases and news, to discussion on the history of alternative music. Self-reflection? It was a nice treat for ourselves. Wednesday, 1 April Dead – Raving Drooling 37:08 experimental rock VIC, Australia Wäntage USA Intoku – Intoku 13:52 math rock Cincinnati, Ohio Independent Naegleria fowleri – Prognosis Dire 38:52 experimental death metal Saint Johnsbury, Vermont Independent OA/E? I don't think they said it's about depression rather mental illness in general. This album makes me feel schizophrenic and paranoid and by the end I'm feeling powerful. There is a good balance of ugly/abrasive mixed with lovely/soft, and it's basically one long, winding passage that you can get lost in. Yves Tumor’s follow-up to Serpent Music bores even more holes in the enigmatic musician’s bricolage. Decided to revisit the second half again a few weeks ago and it just clicked with me, now this album will likely be in my top 5 of the year. REDDIT. The sample ends abruptly and there is nothing left to say. What direction should he go in with his next project? This is not just one of the best things I've heard this year, it is quite frankly one of the most emotional pieces of music I have ever heard in my life. Sludge greats ... Crowbar’s latest album is 2016’s killer The Serpent Only Lies. Anyways, this album is amazing, it might end up making a last minute dash to my top 5 since I just picked it up on vinyl. Prosperity Awareness (Featuring – Oxhy) 10. The dazzling debut album from Ghanian-American singer Ama Serwah Genfi is a treasure trove of influences including Nineties R&B, dance-pop and even Nigerian alté music … Comethazine's "Bawskee" is the worst SoundCloud release yet. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love / Hozier - Nina Cried Power EP this is an unofficial discussion for reactions to the album, etc. I checked out Safe in the Hands of Love and holy shit that was amazing. Ask here, and others can help to supply you with a … As soon as the album finds a groove, it … For me it honestly is. Soon it would no longer seem like a distant barrier. Artist's Voice Highlights. REDDIT. E. Eternal 4. I even appreciated Storf’s heads up postings with pictures the day before because at least some excitement could build and I could check out the music beforehand. Great write-up. Rather than floating as an ethereal being, in Safe in the Hands of Love, Yves comes into full fruition here, manifesting a creature that is a representation of anxiety, fear, hope and love. This album is one of the most accurate and all-encompassing portrayals of anxiety and mental illness ever recorded. Croatian Amor adds to this dreaminess. PAN 73; Vinyl LP). The use of the Angel fire in Let the Lioness in You Flow Freely is just such a good touch to end the project. i love this album but it's so boring how it seems that half the people who consume a piece of art decide it's about that. Great writeup as well, love you Armando ;), New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. When it rains [?] AfricaAshes 8. Yves Tumor: Yves Tumor chronology; When Man Fails You (2015) Serpent Music (2016) Safe in the Hands of Love (2018) Serpent Music is the second studio album by American experimental musician and record producer Yves Tumor. On Safe In The Hands Of Love Yves Tumor doesn’t change much the formula already shown in Serpent music; instead, he takes that form of mutant pop, hazy psychedelia and electronics to its height. Unless you think depression encapsulates all mental illness(es). This is a desolate imagining of heartache and unrequited love, where Yves' desperate vocals mix with strings you would hear on a contemporary Christian music album and power electronics. It relates to anxiety that comes with the early stages of falling in love, almost like getting butterflies in the stomach when you first get a crush or something like that. It helps that Tumor came out of electronic music, debuting with the post-chillwave project Teams and finding wider acclaim with the slithering Serpent Music and the sampledelic Warp debut Safe in the Hands of Love. First off, glad I could bring Armando back to the subreddit for this write-up as it’s fucking stellar. She is currently the co-presenter of This Morning (2009–present) and Dancing on Ice (2006–2011, 2018–present) alongside Phillip Schofield. But one thing you can count on with these producers is that they have bangers in abundance – and for those who felt the EP lacked a final sucker punch, TNGHT are back today with a surprise release of “Clever Pants”: a big colorful flute banger which has revealed itself at … It is like a cascade that combines all the emotions that were emphasized in this album and lets them go as if it was the equivalent of a crying episode that one would have after trying to bottle in a slew of emotions. Yves Tumor, the recording name of Sean Bowie, is an American producer of experimental electronic music.He is also known for his distinctly bold aesthetic personality and also for his bruising, invigorating live performance. Looking for an album? Rated #417 in the best albums of 2016. It shows that mental suffering isn't always depressing or empty and pessimistic, it can sometimes show signs of hope and desire for a better life. Rested and ready, or a little on the rusty side? Special thanks to @semiinteresting for this write-up on this spectacular album! A note on collabs: on a recent Instagram Live, Yves said the one person he would want to collab with currently is Rosalia, He was in the studio with Blood Orange recently iirc. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the albumrequest community. AllMusic critic Heather Phares praised the record, describing it as This gets better with each listen. Hey everyone! Yves Tumor manages to portray this perfectly, while not having to sacrifice any sort of artistic merit or creativity or innovation to talk about things that have been mentioned in thousands and thousands of albums, but never like this before. The percussion and production work together like said butterflies are swarming around the stomach frantically like they are looking for a way out. Diana Gordon. It is a groovy and hypnotic beat that allows some sort of comfort and solace for everything that has already happened. Too obscure for a torrent? schedule in comments etc etc y'all know the drill. Anya’s Loop 6. This album is one that demands full attention during its runtime of 41 minutes. Too obscure for a torrent? Read my … ... Yves Tumor – Serpent Music 10. Conflict Of Interest 12. It was a memorable album that mixed noise, neo-soul, and every genre in between almost effortlessly to the point where it almost felt like Yves was an ethereal being that was just floating between the tracks of this project in order to create something that was sensual, yet terrifying at the same time. Great album. Lifetime really is one of Those Songs. The experimental sounds on this album are impeccable. 2.7k members in the albumrequest community. Yves expands on his sound immensely, almost letting it consume him in the process. Last Day Deaf, February 15, 2021. The addition of Yves Tumor to its roster sounds almost as the natural evolution of the artist’s creative path. Genres: Sound Collage, Hypnagogic Pop. Nothing too terrible, but it does make an awkward start. The run from “Noid” to “Lifetime” is nothing short of a major accomplishment, with the latter featuring some of the best percussive work I’ve heard all year. The part where everything falls away besides their voice and the drums behind it is so well executed, it’s perfect. In the grand scope even the "slow" songs keep a good flow to it I just think k individually they are a little lackluster. The album follows up with “Noid,” the leading single on this and the closest thing to perfection. Klein Frozen Self-Released Street: 04.23 Klein = Yves Tumor (Serpent Music) + Alma Negra, Sirens Of Lesbos (Eritrea EP) + Nicolas Jaar (Cenizas)Klein … How do you even explain her kind of music? “Some call it pain, some call it torture, maybe I enjoy it” is a perfect way to describe the song's blissful sound, along with its tragic aura that surrounds it. “Honesty” allows the theme of love to come up for the first time, which turns out to be a major aspect of this album. 9/21/2018 1 Comment Comethazine's "Bawskee" album cover. Press J to jump to the feed. The last 15 seconds of the album end on a sample of the late 80s synthpop song “Angelfire” by Jan Haflin. this is probably my only complaint with the album. There are some albums that you have to be in a certain mood or state of mind to hear it and then there are some albums that totally suck you in and forces you into that state of mind and that's what this album is. I wasn't certain about Yves' pronouns for a long time but the director of the new music video referred to Yves as he/him, there's a quoted statement in the article. My personal AOTY. A strange and confusing world is just a guilty pleasure away, if you leave it up to Yves Tumor of course.. After the dazzling closing ‘Angelfire’ sample of 2018’s masterpiece Safe in the Hands of Love Sean Bowie AKA Yves Tumor covered himself under a blanket of silence. There’s something exciting and special about this artist that I haven’t felt in a long time. Synecdoche 2. REVIEW: Yves Tumor – Serpent Music; TRACKLIST. As the mayor and interim police chief stress efforts to fight crime in the Albuquerque area, residents continue to experience it firsthand. Either description would be understandable for the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team, which tips off a two-game Mountain West Conference series Tuesday night at Air Force. It’s in my top 3, I can’t remember the last time I heard a track that made static and chaos sound so gorgeous. It has an intro track, which is certainly fine, but then the next track takes a few minutes to get going (after which it really takes off). it makes you feel like you’re looking through a glass window. Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981) is an English television presenter, model and author. This gets followed up with “Hope in Suffering (Escaping Oblivion & Overcoming Powerlessness),” which features Oxhy and Puce Mary. After garnering more attention from his disorienting live shows across the world, Yves Tumor was signed to the legendary label Warp Records, where he released 2018's Safe in the Hands of Love. My Nose My Lips Your Head Shape 5. A sigh of “relief” is found with “Recognizing the Enemy,” where the self reflection gets turned all the way up. the way yves tumor uses mysteriousness and darkness in his music adds so much to his persona and just how the music itself is perceived. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I think a couple songs take a little too long to get to the point, most notably Economy of Freedom. Excited to dig into this album and the rest of his work. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The second track, “Economy of Freedom,” is a beautiful and haunting proper intro. Awesome write up. This track feels like it is picking up right where Serpent Music left off and Yves is ready to let us back into his subconscious again. Amplitude, dBA122. It is a metaphor for the chaos in the world and the anxiety of not feeling safe due to racism, police violence and political unrest. Amazing write-up I remember listening to this for the first time and thinking what a great depiction of anxiety and stress this album is. published their list of their Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2016. Serpent Music, an Album by Yves Tumor. Safe in the Hands of Love is nothing short of a masterpiece, the way Yves Tumor uses multiple genres to create something that will stick with everyone for years to come is the definition of remarkable. Yves Tumor – ‘Serpent Music‘, Pan; ... Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Read more 0 Comments 10 bands that influence BlackWater Cobra. I'm walking out of 2018 with only a handful of albums having really impressed me, and this is one of them. For me, this record isn't just album of the year, it is one of the greatest achievements in “alternative” music that has ever been released. And then second, this album huh? We're back tomorrow when /u/trista2 will be reviewing Screaming Females' All at Once. In his own surroundings however Bowie must be a very busy man because on each record he brought … Yves Tumor artist pic. It reminds me of Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown where no matter what you're feeling before going into that album, you end it feeling like you just went on an acid trip. There’s a lot of combination of genres at play here and nearly every combo is a success. Here, Yves returns to a sound he is more known for with a chaotic, dissonant and unsettling noise track. Music escaped from childhood, borrowing from mythology, from an Ulysses traveling always further, to unknown seas, where we meet these terrifying creatures from the end of the world. Noid is one of my favorite songs of the year but all of it is stellar. Definitely in my top 5 for 2018. Debuted in the music industry since 2015, Tumor has managed to gather hundreds and thousands of followers all over the world. Now it really is just a Newbury Comics type business. Yves Tumor’s stunningly good Heaven To A Tortured Mind is as much a leap from 2018’s great Safe In The Hands Of Love as that album was from 2016’s Serpent Music. Yves Tumor is the inspired, enigmatic and conflicted persona of Tennessee-raised producer/performer Sean Bowie, a conduit for a distinctly bold personal aesthetic that has wrought the entrancing Serpent Music LP, and a burgeoning reputation for bruising, invigorating live performance. On my first listens of the album that five song run in the beginning really caught me off guard, and Noid is the center piece of it all. Love this song. After moving to California, he began to release music under the name TEAMS, worked with Mykki Blanco, and then released the first Yves Tumor project When Man Fails You in 2015. No matter what, it is important to keep moving on, which is just what this album does.