Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
Yves Tumor
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Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) is the fifth studio album by American experimental electronic artist Yves Tumor. It was released on March 17, 2023, through Warp. According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Praise a Lord Who Chews... received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 from 19 critic scores. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. The album received praise for its diverse production. Writing for Northern Transmissions, Otis Cohan Mone writes: "Ranging from post-punk and alternative dance to hard rock along with a light touch of heavy metal territory, Yves Tumor still does not leave you with any exact definition of the genre of their songs, continuing to hone and improve their stubborn skill to make their tracks both precise and incomprehensible at the same time."
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This is a varied collection of very modern-sounding production. It gives me a more upbeat vibe - like if Sigur Rós weren't entirely up their own arses. Which is quite something, given how up-its-own-arse the title of this album is. A fifteen-word effort, containing both an inappropriately used semicolon and some utterly redundant brackets. Good job! The music itself is probably a decent example of 2020s production, thankfully moving away from the ludicrous over-compression of 1998-2015ish towards a more deliberate frequency positioning. You can't help but feel that the producers had their eyes glued to the spectrum analyser and, if they saw a gap in it, threw something in to fill the hole. There's lots to switch between in literally every track, and they're not shy of throwing in something just see if it works. Elements of glitch are thrown in, but not to the level of making it sound glitchy. The weakest parst are the lead guitars which veer dangerously close to pure fast strumming for the sake of the strum. Nothing should be taken for granted, there isn't a naturalist progression, phrases will stop suddenly before barking back into life as something almost, but not entirely, unlike what they were before. It's OK. It will be interesting to see whether it stands the test of time, or stands out as something gimmicky.
Not bad