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- Record Label: 4AD
- Release Date: Jan 19, 2018
- Summary: The fourth full-length release for Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner was mixed by Mikaelin "Blue" BlueSpruce.
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- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 31
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Mixed: 5 out of 31
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Negative: 0 out of 31
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Jan 22, 2018The merger of a furrowed-brow intellect and hip-freeing rhythm has been a Tune-Yards constant since Garbus made her 2009 bedroom recording, “Bird-Brains.” I Can Feel you Creep into my Private Life is both more refined and yet more raw.
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Jan 5, 2018It's as much fun as it needs to be--as it should be. Reflective, restless, fiercely engaged, it feels like it's in constant process of rethinking and remodeling, slicing off bits of musical flesh and slapping them back on elsewhere as it dips and bounces along the street. [Feb 2018, p.94]
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Jan 16, 2018Despite the seriousness of the lyrics, I can feel you creep into my private life manages to remain an uplifting album, with a collection of intricately-crafted pop songs that tackle a range of important current issues.
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Jan 22, 2018No easy answers are found, but the new energy here suggests Honesty--the title of a standout techno’n’sax track--has set Tune-Yards free to keep asking.
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The WireFeb 23, 2018Thanks to Tune-Yards’ trademark genre splicing--demented nursery rhyme chanting, jerky rapping, tortured harmonising and stuttery 808 beats--Private Life shows there’s still space for playfulness amid the polemic. [Mar 218, p.55]
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Feb 14, 2018Her sound is a junksale of clutter and certified gems. I can feel you… is her most sonically sharp weapon to date, and full of plenty to get excited about if you rifle through it.
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Jan 25, 2018Only a third of the album works. Obscure, seemingly unfinished, and nattering, this is Tune-Yards’ weakest album to date at a moment when Garbus, distrusting her music’s ability to explain itself, doesn’t need the slings and arrows.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Dec 15, 2020
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Jan 20, 2018Really good album. Probably their best. The beats and vocals are really amazing. The bass is really good and the lyrics are quite satisfying as well.
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Mar 8, 2018
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Feb 23, 2018
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