Yves Tumor Albums

2023

Praise A Lord Who Chews… - 86%

The cool charm exuded on this album really does hold up, and shows maturity from Yves Tumor previous records. Sean Bowie is as always the stylistic chameleon, everything is exaggerated and perfected on here- his influences are as vast as David Bowie (coincidently the same last name), Beck, Prince, and the fairly obscure like Camper van Beethoven and Throbbing Gristle (industrial interludes everywhere). "Echolalia" is that mix of seductive and haunting like few other neo soul artists are able to do though, the hard rock of “In Spite of War” and "God is a Circle" and the charming melodic "Lovely Sewer" are other great triumphs. “Heaven Surrounds Us” shows an artist who is ever evolving and part of that journey is never knowing where each song is going.

In a lot of ways, every song on this record works it is just up to the listener for the degree on which it works. You could probably hit shuffle on the song order and have about the same effect. “Ebony Eye” opens the door on pop music like no other song they have done before. One can't discount Yves Rothmann either, producing one of the great 2 albums of the year 2023 (the other is my 'mystery #1' 😊 As it stands, the second half of the record I prefer quite a bit to the first, though in the right mood it makes a great listen for driving town the road and cranking it up loud. Ever evolving into who knows just what kind of musical creature, yet another insanely enjoyable album by them.