tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

tUnE-yArDs / SKETCHY. - tUnE-yArDs ' the celebrated Oakland- based duo of Merrill Garbus & Nate Brenner ' sketchy., their fifth album and their first album in 3 years, on March 26. Teased last fall with single 'nowhere, man', the album is being announced with the lead track 'hold yourself'; a moment of self-realisation - 'We all have trouble being brave enough to turn the page'. 4A

Distraction, depression, and heartbreak reign supreme in 2025. InchMaking art in this day and age for me is a battle for focus; we're in an age of interruption,Inch says Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs on sixth album Better Dreaming. Proudly waving an anti-fascist, liberation, freak flag, Better Dreaming contains some of tUnE-yArDs smoothest, funkiest, and most direct pop music to date, and yes, you can dance to it. It's songs came to Garbus and bandmate/partner Brenner with unusual ease, letting the songs come out, following any trail they wished. Four-on-the-floor InchHow Big is the RainbowInch drips with disco-house, queer-club, anthemic strobe energy. Better Dreaming is ferocious in it's invocation of self-love, collective action, dance floor liberation, ego-death deliverance, and a future we could all thrive in. When diving into the present darkness of the world, tUnE-yArDs asks themselves how much literal energy and joy can be conjured and pumped through the music. In it's life-affirming art-pop of the apocalypse, Better Dreaming comes true.

Illustration were a powerful Canadian nine-piece known for their six-man horn section and the soulful lead vocals of Billy Ledster. Recorded in 1970 after extensive U.S. touring, this self-titled album captures the group at their peak, standing today as their key work and a notable entry in early 70s Canadian psych-rock.