w h o k i l l by tUnE-yArDs

There's an energy and atmosphere to w h o k i l l which seems to just pour off the record.

With whokill, Merrill Garbus has somehow managed to encompass more ideas into just over 40 minutes than most artists manage in a lifetime.

It’s a massive improvement from her last album, yet it never sacrifices any of her style.

This album demands your open-minded attention on its own terms, and it ends up teaching you how to listen to it in a new way.

The music benefits from the increased professionalism, but Garbus has not abandoned her lo-fi aesthetic.

With a crisper, clearer production that helps it to stand out, w h o k i l l is, almost literally speaking, tUnE-yArDs’ breakthrough.

w h o k i l l is an album indulgent in eccentricity, compelling in its variety, and downright impossible to not enjoy.