Yves Tumor has become one of the past decade’s most wondrous guitar rock virtuosos in surprising fashion, considering their earliest work was an experimental mystique pulsating out from the guttural void. That mystique hasn’t worn away from their work as its become clarified with cleaner lines, verse and chorus structures, and – for a lack of better words – a focus on traditional instrumentation, as it did in the smolder of 2020′s Heaven to a Tortured Mind. Nothing ever does sound absolutely “traditional” from the brain of Yves Tumor, however, with their fifth studio effort, Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds), warping what we’ve come to know once again through their singular vision that synergizes dark fantasy, sex, lust and love, and the anxieties of today’s socio-political landscape into a new corner of the multiverse where an alterative rock edge, neon-hot R&B, and gothic electronic canvas inspire maximalist expression from energies that could otherwise become all-consuming. In this case, Yves Tumor is like the god its album title celebrates.

Highlights: “God Is a Circle”, “Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood”, “Fear Evil Like Fire”

Yves Tumor’s Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) is available now on Warp Records.

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