- Adrianne Lenker
- Aldous Harding
- Anjimile
- Atlas Sound
- Bartees Strange
- Becky and the Birds
- Big Thief
- Buck Meek
- cumgirl8
- Daughter
- Deerhunter
- Dry Cleaning
- Erika de Casier
- Ex:Re
- Future Islands
- Helado Negro
- Holly Herndon
- Jenny Hval
- Kim Deal
- Lucinda Chua
- Maria Somerville
- Scott Walker
- The Breeders
- The National
- Tkay Maidza
- Tucker Zimmerman
- Tune-Yards
- U.S. Girls
- All Artists
Due out 5th May, Nikki Nack - the third album from tUnE-yArDs - was announced when Merrill Garbus celebrated her birthday a few weeks back by posting a 'MegaMix' of album tracks online. She is now ready to reveal more album details, plus a number of new live dates across North America and Europe throughout this summer.
Succeeding 2011's W H O K I L L (an album that featured prominently in most year end lists and even topped the Village Voice's highly prestigious Pazz & Jop poll), Nikki Nack is brilliantly playful, more than matching its jump-rope-chant title. Experiences in her time off between albums proved to be influential catalysts in the songwriting process; a life-affirming trip to Haiti, her upbringing, and finally catching up with 80s kid’s TV program Pee Wee’s Playhouse some 25 years since its first broadcast were all topics at the forefront of Merrill's mind that helped to colour the record.
Also eager to try something different, she worked with producers Malay (Frank Ocean, Alicia Keys, Big Boi) and John Hill (Rihanna, Shakira, M.I.A.) on some tracks; "I had to let go of tUnE-yArDs being rigidly my production. I have a very specific vision for the sound of the band and I don't think women producers get enough credit for doing their own stuff, so I was resistant – but we grew, Nate and I both, and the songs grew. And it turns out that's what's most important: the songs, not my ego,” Merrill says.
The first track to be heard from the album, 'Water Fountain', received its premiere today on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6Music radio show and can now be heard in the player above and streaming from her website, www.tuneyards.com. It's also available to buy digitally now and is also available as an 'instant grat' download on iTunes when you pre-order the album.
Pre-order on iTunes here.
Pre-order on Amazon here.
Pre-order on the 4AD Store here.
Nikki Nack is released 5th May:
tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
1. Find A New Way
2. Water Fountain
3. Time Of Dark
4. Real Thing
5. Look Around
6. Hey Life
7. Sink-O
8. Why Do We Dine On The Tots?
9. Stop That Man
10. Wait For A Minute
11. Left Behind
12. Rocking Chair
13. Manchild
The Tune-Yards live experience will showcase a new set-up, one that reflects the album's leaning away from sax and more towards drums, heavy bass and synth. This incarnation of Tune-Yards will make its premiere on a six date tour with Arcade Fire in North America at the end of April. In addition to previously announced, long sold out shows in Los Angeles and New York around the album's release, plus six European shows the following week, today marks the confirmation of a full North American tour and five additional UK shows, along with plenty of new festival dates with more to be added in the coming months.
All European details are below and ticket links can also be found on www.tuneyards.com.
May
12th - Village Underground, London, UK ^ SOLD OUT
14th - Berghain, Berlin, Germany ^
15th - Nochtspeicher, Hamburg, Germany ^
16th - Les Nuits Botanique, Brussels, Belgium ^
18th - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, Netherlands ^
19th - Cafe De La Danse, Paris, France ^
June
26th - Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
30th - Gorilla, Manchester, UK
July
1st - Cockpit, Leeds, UK
2nd - Trinity, Bristol, UK
September
3rd - Brixton Electric, London, UK
^ support from Sylvan Esso