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Bird-Brains (With Bonus Tracks)

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Release date: 20/Nov/2009

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Details / Tracklist:

01. "For You"

02. "Sunlight"

03. "Lions"

04. "Hatari"

05. "News"

06. "Jamaican"

07. "Jumping Jack"

08. "Little Tiger"

09. "Safety"

10. "Fiya"

11. "Synonynonym"

12. "Want Me To"

13. "Real Live Flesh"

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Bird-Brains by Tune-Yards, released 12 November 2009, includes the following tracks: "Lions", "News", "Jumping Jack", "Safety" and more. This version of Bird-Brains comes as a 1xCD. -

Merrill Garbus' aka tUnE-yArDs is as experimental as it gets. Producing a debut album in Lo-fi is about as risky a move as you could imagine. She joins bands such as the Vivian Girls in using the intentionally underwhelming technique. If you don't already know, Lo-fi is when the standard of recording is intentionally reduced to achieve a particular sound. This sound can be created using numerous techniques, however Garbus decided to create this album on a laptop and some free software, before being released on a 'pay as you like' basis. Quite a way from X factor isn't it? This is an album that contains numerous styles and sounds. Hatari for example begins with African chanting before switching in a split second to the sound of ukulele. The ukulele is a permanent fixture throughout Bird Brains but it's at it's best on News. Providing the bedrock for the track is a constant drumming that merges perfectly with a set of yodeling vocals. In-between tracks the listener is often greeted by the voice of children as well as random sounds recorded in Garbus' home. These techniques only add to the 'at home' theme of this album. Despite the crazy experimenting throughout the album, there are tracks which display orthodox song writing patterns. An example of this is Fiya, containing a very Elvis 'you were always on my mind' it's easily the most pop track on the album and is also where the production comes off best. Throughout this album you feel like you and the artist are alone in a room while she plays the album to you for the first time. It sounds improvised yet fresh and contains brilliant drum beats as well as an array of atmospheric vocals. A great example of home recording and low-fi production.

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Lander Deweer - 22/Jan/2010 Een digitale dictafoon en een van het wereldwijde web geplukt softwareprogramma. Meer had de Amerikaanse Merril Garbus niet nodig om, onder het alias ...

Matthew Parri Thomas - 25/Nov/2009 We’re a planet of organisers; rock, pop, indie, electro, americana, country and a myriad other genre and sub-genre exist to allow us to group ou...

Charles Ubaghs - 19/Nov/2009 Lo-fi (meaning low fidelity audio) is this year’s buzzword among certain circles of the indie universe. Wander into any soon-to-be gentrified ur...

Evan Dickson - 17/Nov/2009 File this review under "critical acclaim" for an album that will likely provoke a "love it or hate it" response from listeners. Wi...

Hari Ashurst - 17/Nov/2009 Lo-fi is a difficult aesthetic to get on board with at the end of the Noughties. When music technology is so accessible that any kid with headphones, ...

cloudspeakers - 16/Nov/2009 Fresh from supporting Dirty Projectors and Max Tundra comes the debut album from New England singer Merrill Garbus.A head-spinning mix of dancehall, f...

Michael Hann - 13/Nov/2009 Merrill Garbus's debut as tUnE-YaRDs is a Dogme production of an album. Each element was recorded to a digital voice recorder, and assembled on her la...

Jack Horton - 02/Nov/2009 tUnE-yArDs - aka a haunting lo-fi pots-and-pans ensemble - is the creation of Merrill Garbus (also of Sister Suvi): Canada’s answer to a question neve...

Calum Marsh - 21/Sep/2009 Not that engaging little contextual tidbits is a reasonable critical approach, but the name really says it all: tUnE-YaRdS. Making an album called BiR...

Jer Fairall - 20/Aug/2009 Short of whittling one’s own instruments out of homegrown spruce and staging impromptu door-to-door performances, it would be difficult to imagi...

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