Today, Tune-Yards have released their new EP, Tell the Future With Your Body – a companion to their most recently released album, Better Dreaming.
+ Stream the new EP on all services here +
The May release saw the duo deliver some of the grooviest music of their career and on this new EP, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner expand on the loopy, homespun energy of their latest album with four more tracks of irresistible rhythms, basslines and melodies. The tracklisting offers three previously unheard songs from the Better Dreaming recording sessions, including dynamic new track ‘Sand Into Stone’.
Watch the official video for ‘Sand Into Stone’, by Jayla Smith, in the player below.
This Saturday, 20th September the duo kicks off their US shows at WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival. Highlights include Howard Theatre in Washington D.C. on September 22nd, the Exit/In in Nashville on 26th September and a stop at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on 9th October. Tickets are on sale now. Tune-Yards’ tour moves across the Atlantic in November, where they’ll perform songs from Better Dreaming for the first time in the UK and Europe, including a show at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 22nd November. Tune-Yards have also just announced a new show in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2nd December, tickets for which go on sale this Friday, 19th September. Known for their captivating live performances – where layered rhythms, looping beats, and Garbus’ powerhouse vocals collide – these shows promise a versatile return to the stage. The full list of dates is below – for tickets and information, head here.
September
20th – XPoNential Music Festival, Camden, NJ, US
22nd – Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, US %
24th – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC, US %
25th – Terminal West, Atlanta, GA, US %
26th – Exit/In, Nashville, TN, US ^
27th – Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO, US ^
29th – HI-FI, Indianapolis, IN, US ^
30th – Vivarium, Milwaukee, WI, US ^
October
1st – Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN, US ^
2nd – The Majestic, Madison, WI, US ^
4th – Bell’s Back Room, Kalamazoo, MI, US #
5th – El Club, Detroit, MI, US #
6th – Skullys, Columbus, OH, US #
8th – Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, US #
9th – Bowery Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY, US #
November
15th – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany,
17th – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Netherlands *
18th – Wintercircus, Gent, Belgium *
19th – La Bellevilloise, Paris, France *
21st – Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton, UK *
22nd – Royal Festival Hall, London, UK *
23rd – Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK *
25th – Irish Centre, – Leeds, UK *
26th – St Luke’s, Glasgow, UK *
27th – The Fire Station, Sunderland, UK *
29th – Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland *[SOLD OUT]
December
2nd – Blind, Istanbul, Turkey
% with Tre. Charles
^ with Kassa Overall
# with Ringdown
* with LUXJURY