Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
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Yves has carved out their own, trailblazing sound amid the racket of modernity and it truly feels like an awakening. Trapped somewhere between visceral punk, Oneohtrix Point Never and Dean Blunt, ‘Praise A Lord…’ is in fact like no other.
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Praise a Lord… is ultimately Yves Tumor’s take on pop – a deliciously compressed offering harnessing their irrepressible energy; 12 infectious tracks that leave you wanting more. They could well spell Bowie’s mass breakthrough.
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Raw, surreal, multilayered tunes that draw inspiration from a time when grunge, shoegaze and electronica intermingled.
84
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.
84
On Praise A Lord…, with the assistance of producer Noah Goldstein, their work still contains that urge to reference other genres and periods of time in music history, but it never feels like pastiche.
80
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.
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The alt enigma's fifth album delivers a delightful trip into the darkest corners of the mind.
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Generous helpings of angst and spice on Hot Between Worlds make for a raw listening experience, one which does not offer resolution or understanding, but rather a ding-dong-ditch challenge to psychic fisticuffs in the middle of the street.
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In Praise a Lord..., Tumor achieves the difficult task of remaining as perplexing as ever while forging a more inviting sound.
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At once challenging and inviting, Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) is another dazzling work from a creative whirlwind.
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The final product is an album steeped in emotional anxiety and dejection that finds emotional power in its varied sonic palettes and searching lyricism.
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On their latest record, Yves Tumor attempts to rewrite the history of the rock gods we idolise.
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This artist has the skill and adventurousness to send their songs in any direction.
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It’s Tumor’s willingness to occupy space on their own terms that has made them feel like such an important and unique artist. With its lengthy title and constant metamorphoses, Praise may be the definitive Yves Tumor album. That is, until the next one.
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It’s the work of an artist who is too restless, too ambitious, in some ways too pure, to be reduced to cliché, even if that cliché comes with the seal of cultured approval. This is truly vital pop music: nothing more – but what more could you want? – and certainly nothing less.
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While it is still sometimes reminiscent of Prince at his peak, it actually showcases itself in completely different tones, being inside of the author’s unique musical scenery (it reveals especially strongly on the track “Operator”).
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Praise… finds so many stylistic expressions for its gothic tone that it feels at times contradicting. It rarely stays in the same spot, skips between tone and fidelity and is emotionally all over the place.
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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 an artist whose most exciting work thrives on these kinds of leaps of risk.
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A thematically compelling album from Yves for sure, but perhaps their most hit-and-miss collection of songs so far.
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Praise a Lord has its glimpses of the soaring glam rock that made Heaven to a Tortured Mind so enticing, and the production itself is undeniably impressive, but Sean Bowie’s budding rock star potential is sorely missed.
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Pure Glam rock pop perfection
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Track List
| 1 | God Is a Circle 3:32 | 85 |
| 2 | Lovely Sewer 3:15 | 85 |
| 3 | Meteora Blues 3:47 | 82 |
| 4 | Interlude 0:52 | 73 |
| 5 | Parody 3:06 | 82 |
| 6 | Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood 3:51 | 89 |
| 7 | Operator 3:16 | 78 |
| 8 | In Spite of War 2:31 | 81 |
| 9 | Echolalia 3:00 | 81 |
| 10 | Fear Evil Like Fire 3:30 | 81 |
| 11 | Purified by the Fire 3:13 | 82 |
| 12 | Ebony Eye 3:16 | 88 |
Total Length: 37 minutes
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Added on: January 26, 2023