Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume is the fifth album of Yves Tumor and it's amazing. The title of the album and the name of the artist should warn you that this is not ordinary music, so please don't complain you we're shocked. This is very experimental electronic music with influences from industrial music, post-punk and alternative dance. Though it's rather weird the compositions are still quite catchy and danceable in a special way.

Wow, this is a hard album to put your finger on. The musical styles change quickly from one to the next. Sometimes it sounds like an industrial dance punk album, sometimes it feels like a hip hop album. Overall, though, it all works together. The music keeps it interesting. I'm always a little leery of the more recent albums that show up on this list, but this one felt like it belonged. You can hear some of the influences, but they are always doing their own thing 4/5

Rating: 10/10

Wow an experimental dance album that is also great to listen to… I’m impressed!

Bad timing with the allegations, but can't lie, this was one of my favorite albums of 2023. Pretty prominent David Bowie and Prince influences (Yves' real surname is Bowie as well, funny enough). Cool stuff.

Not my favorite style of music, but very good for what it is. 4 stars.

Hmm... how do I rate this? I've seen Yves Tumor live once at a festival and I thought it was fine. I've tried to get into their music but nothing has just really captured me. I can see how it is musically rich but something just doesn't connect with me. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Was prepared to hate this on the strength of ostentatious title alone, but it was pretty great. Nicely eclectic, lyrically interesting, and it sure is encouraging to see this kind of music featuring a large roster of collaborators playing actual instruments.

Album #46 (1001 challenge extended): "Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)" by Yves Tumor (2023) "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 (Sean Lee Bowie). Indie rock, post-punk, alternative dance, indie pop, electronica and psychedelic rock are the Wiki-listed genres. The album received critical acclaim especially for its diverse production and its lyrics. Tumor was the lead vocalist, played the drums, bass, guitars and programmed drums. 30+ additional musicians and vocalists were also involved. The album reached #81 on the US Top Album Sales Chart. A scream starts the first song "God Is a Circle." Weird breathing sounds, electronic beats and an ominous bass and synth. Tumor wearily talking and singing as he is trying to understand himself. An overall scary vibe and approaching industrial music. "Lovely Swear" has a driving bass and beat. Deep echoing vocals by Tumor as he joins with Kida on lead vocals. An air of hope with a synth and piano. More in the 80's Indie pop realm. Tumor uses his falsetto in "Parody." The song starts slower and dreamy until the drums and a harder edge guitar hits. A deep bass. A song that builds throughout. Tumor continues the falsetto in "Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood." A 70's-sounding guitar in the background with drums. Layered vocals and an idiosyncratic drum beat. The song gets the soft-loud-soft dynamic going with a piano, synth and searing guitar. "Echolalia" was the second single. Bass thumps and a rock-dance beat. An underlying spiraling synth melody. A catchy beat and vocals. The songs on this album show a variety of styles: post-punk, industrial, 80's indie rock, 90's hard rock and pop. The production is detailed with layers of different instruments appearing unconventionally and seemingly out of nowhere. Tumor's vocals are whispering, yelling and normal singing interspersed with echoing backing vocals at times. The lyrics are personal. Songs can build or have that soft-loud-soft thing going on. There's a lot going on in these 2 1/2 to 4-minute long songs. This album had me guessing and captivated throughout. A strong recommendation for just about everyone. 4.5 out of 5

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.

Fully new exposure to this artist and liking it more than I'd expected based on the wtf title - just when I thought it was getting a little too mechanical for me in parts (although I know that's kind of the point) we get something like "Parody" which has more of a cool modern rock vibe melded with electronica. He's got a vocal timbre like Prince crossed with Lenny Kravitz while avoiding the latter's overt and poorly-used tuning. Not flawless - e.g. "Operator" was just annoying without any payoff. But the vibe is cool, combining modern feel with a real nod to 80s emo - there's enough here overall just before it feels too long to make it a curious listen. This could be one that grows. 7/10 3 stars IMO: Belonged in the book? No, far too-recent for consideration.

Honestly, exponentially better than I had thought. I thought it was gonna be some super electronic sounding annoying album but it was super different in a really interesting way. I would definitely be up to listening again.

Not bad