7.9
Avg Score
11
Opinions
#2,250
All Time
12
Tracks
“They’ve turned themselves into a ravenous rock deity, a masterful songwriter whose every release demands attention. And while the title of the album refers to one who Chews But Does Not Consume, it’s the kind of project that swallows you whole.”
“What does the pop star for the end of the world look like? Considering how things are going at the moment, it might be worth looking around now for the answer; when you’re part of a species in complete crisis mode, it makes sense that our biggest musical stars now often seem like unwitting ringleaders of a cult of personality first and musicians second. There have always been stars of this type wh”
“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.”
“Yves Tumor makes what could be defined as rock music, but not so much in the direct sonic combinations that the genre is known for. Instead, Tumor makes rock music in the way the counterculture movement the music grew out of is known for, with a focus on creativity, invention, and generating sounds that blast away expectations. With their latest album, ‘Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not ”
“The most prominent of Knoxville-raised Sean Bowie’s numerous noms de plume, Yves Tumor began as a murky sound collagist dwelling in the underbelly of electronic music’s avant-garde depths. Now they’re an extravagant bandleader inching towards alt-pop superstardom, making the sort of impression that has seen them interviewed by the likes of Michèle Lamy, Courtney Love and Kembra Pfahler. They’re a”
“It’s easy to indulge in cliché when writing about Yves Tumor. Their backstory spools out as a very particular, rarefied version of the classic rock’n’roll dream: the artist also known as Sean Bowie grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, a place they’ve since described as a “very conservative, racist, homophobic, sexist environment”, before escaping to California aged 20. There, they met fellow genre-spl”
