Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
by Yves Tumor
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 March 2023
- Label: Warp
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:24
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 29 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)', Yves Tumor channels influences from post-punk, glam rock, and experimental pop into a cohesive and immediate set of songs. Produced by Noah Goldstein and mixed by Alan Moulder, the album layers distorted guitars, live drums, and electronic textures to create a sound that is both polished and visceral. The songwriting is regarded as Tumor's most personal and introspective, with candid lyrics that explore themes of spirituality, desire, and psychosexual trauma with a raw, affecting power.
Genres
Descriptors: theatrical, androgynous-vocals, genre-blending, experimental, leftfield, atmospheric, distorted, soulful
Tracklist
- God Is a Circle (03:32)
- Lovely Sewer (03:15)
- Meteora Blues (03:47)
- Interlude (00:52)
- Parody (03:06)
- Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood (04:06)
- Operator (03:16)
- In Spite of War (02:31)
- Echolalia (03:00)
- Fear Evil Like Fire (03:30)
- Purified By the Fire (03:13)
- Ebony Eye (03:16)
Credits
- Yves Tumor - vocals, drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, drum programming, fx
- Ecco2k - additional vocals
- Thoom - additional vocals
- Kid盲 - vocals
- The Samples - choir vocals
- Fresh Jame - additional vocals
- Mowalola - additional vocals
- William Wadhams - additional vocals
- Deto Black - additional vocals
- Shannon Funchess - additional vocals
- Sasha Desree - additional vocals
- Tanner Orange - additional vocals
- Rhys Hastings - drums
- Alexander Bazzi - bass
- Jesse Schuster - bass
- Chris Greatti - guitars, additional vocals
- Noah Goldstein - keyboards, fx, drum programming, guitars, bass, brass, mixing
- Jake Miller - keyboards, bass, drum programming, guitars, engineering, mixing
- Devon Taylor - brass
- Jordan Katz - brass
- Daniel Aged - guitars, keyboards
- Elliott Kozel - guitars, keyboards, drum programming, fx, bass
- John Carroll Kirby - keyboards
- Psymun - drum programming, guitars, keyboards, fx, bass
- Lemar Carter - drums
- Kelly Moran - keyboards
- Dylan Wiggins - bass, keyboards
- Joe Kennedy - guitars
- Heavy Mellow - guitars
- Yves Rothman - guitars, engineering
- Yuli - strings
- Brad Bowers - bass
- Taylor Jackson - engineering
- Nate Haessly - assistant engineer
- Jordan Cantor - assistant engineer
- Gabe Lowry - assistant engineer
- Alan Moulder - mixing
- Tom Herbert - assistant mixing engineer
- Finn Howells - assistant mixing engineer
- Joe LaPorta - mastering