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

I am generally a fan of Yves Tumor's work. This album would likely be near the bottom of those I would look to get on this however...definitely some of his weakest output. 2.5/5

I was expecting standard modern electronic music, and I was ready to give it 1 or 2 stars. However, I received a great modern electronic album! It deserves a 3, but I'll raise it to 4 for the surprise.

HL: “Meteora Blues”, “Heaven Surrounds”, the last 3 songs

Unfortunate timing since they've just been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. I'll be skipping this one sadly even though I previously had some interest.

This is really great! Sort of McAlmont & Butler for the 21st century.

I enjoyed this and there are some brilliant moments, but I felt like it jumped around a bit too much from song to song, which disrupted the flow for me. There’s a lot to like individually, but as an album it didn’t quite come together. Overall, it was good, but probably not something I’ll come back to.

Oh hey, I only found out yesterday that Yves Tumor has recent sexual assault allegations thanks to the guy who submitted it mentioning it in the discord. What a funny coincidence!

Anyway, I listened to this when it came out after being impressed with Yves Tumor's previous release, Heaven To A Tortured Mind. I'll use this moment to highlight Mx Tumor's interesting musical evolution, they started as an ambient artist, moved to hypnogogic pop, infused their pop sound with industrial, did a complete change to glam, and now here went back to psychedelia and started making post-punk with this release. Anyway their previous release, the glam record, was a bit lumpy but had two solid singles, this release is way more consistent but doesn't really have any major standouts, and as a result I don't dig it as much. To illustrate what I mean, I would highly recommend checking out Kerosene! and Gospel for a New Century. Lovely Sewer is probably the big one here but it doesn't come close to those two

Anyway, back to this album, which I will not be saying the name of. This album retreats to a more minimalist position compared to the previous release, there's not much grandiosity here, and most songs follow a psychedelic post-punk sound. There's also a lot of vocal processing which I don't remember being on the previous album, and I find it quite annoying at times (Parody, Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood) but it may be an attempt to add to the psychedelic vibe. Some songs add glam and dance punk to the blend and I think these more energetic songs are the better tracks.

Should it be on the main list: No

Top 3 songs: Lovely Sewer, Meteora Blues, Ebony Eye