tUnE-yArDs

With all of the LOVE that the Dirty Projectors' NYC shows have been getting, it seems like a good time to check out Merrill Garbus' solo project called tUnE yArDs, who opened for the DPs on Sunday at Bowery.

tUnE yArDs is definitely a case of the apple not falling very far from the tree (Dirty Projectors). Like the Dirty Projectors, Garbus places her vocal virtuosity in relief by often going a-capella or pairing her voice with sort of incongruous ukelele loops.

My take on this stuff goes in and out, but right now it is definitely on the in-tide. Garbus is a rare vocalist who really explores her medium (the voice) and then manages to make things more interesting with the strong rhythmic patterns of the loops.

Single "Hatari" is !!!. tribal wailing launches into a sick drumbeat. Get down.

mp3 tUnE yArDs Hatari