Album Review: Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor

In a 2016 interview with Dazed, Yves Tumor (who uses they/them pronouns) described how the "dull" surroundings of their Tennessee upbringing pushed them to make music. This rejection of dullness shows up in just about everything they make. Their videos take a delectably queer angle on Bowie-esque outfits. Their previous work, particularly 2018's Safe in the Hands of Love, propelled electronic music to maximal chaos.

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Since they released 2015's When Man Fails You, Yves Tumor has opted to go where there is no path and leave a trail. Tumor, the producer and multi-instrumentalist born Sean Bowie, began exploring disparate strands of electronic music before fully embracing classic rock and funk in their 2020 LP Heaven is a Tortured Mind. Bowie had clearly defined their identity as an iconoclast with a hunger for writing more accessible hits, a goal they achieves with help from famed producer Alan Moulder on the mouthful of a title Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume.

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On ‘Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)’, Yves Tumor is making one statement: I'm scaling up. Every fleeting beat, every numinous production nuance, every dark, sprawling beat announces itself with confidence, and lives up to the energy it promises. From the opening beats of ‘God Is A Circle’, it's clear that this is an expert in a playground.

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