Artist:tUnE-yArDs
Song:Bizness
Album:W H O K I L L
Merrill Garbus started tUnE-yArDs as a home recording project. After her first album got her a record deal with 4AD, they became indie and critics darlings with the 2011 album W H O K I L L. The modest success is probably more than Garbus could have expected. She was born in 1979 in New York City and grew up in New Canaan, CT. She attended Smith College. She lived in Montreal and played ukulele in the band Sister Suvi. Her 2008 album BiRd-BrAiNs was released in a very limited quantity. But it was enough to get Garbus a deal with the major indie label 4AD. She moved to Oakland to live with Nate Brenner who has his own home recording project Naytronix. It's just the two of them in the studio. They hire musicians for touring. The 2011 album W H O K I L L got a big break when it was named best album of 2011 on The Village Voice's Pazz and Jop critic's poll. So that album charted and so did the 2014 album Nicki Nack which reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 200. Since then tUnE-yArDs scored the 2018 film Sorry To Bother You. They released two albums. Both used more electronic instruments. It's the eclectic sound of tUnE-yArDs that attracted interest in the first place. Maybe they've peaked. Here's the video for Bizness by tUnE-yArDs.
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