Safe in the Hands of Love
by Yves Tumor
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 September 2018
- Label: Warp
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:57
- Community rating: 3.73/5 from 16 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Safe in the Hands of Love', Yves Tumor dramatically pivoted from ambient and noise collage to a volatile, genre-defying fusion of psychedelic pop, future soul, and experimental rock. The album's production merges cavernous, lo-fi soundscapes, jarring samples, and live instrumentation like film-noir jazz trumpet with a newly direct and emotionally potent approach to songwriting. This critically acclaimed debut on Warp Records balances confrontational, abrasive textures with accessible, anthem-like structures, establishing Tumor's position in the experimental pop vanguard.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, deconstructed, leftfield, theatrical, distorted
Tracklist
- Faith In Nothing Except In Salvation (01:33)
- Economy of Freedom (04:55)
- Honesty (05:01)
- Noid (03:29)
- Licking An Orchid (04:38)
- Lifetime (03:42)
- Hope In Suffering (Escaping Oblivion & Overcoming Powerlessness) (04:56)
- Recognizing The Enemy (04:49)
- All The Love We Have Now (03:22)
- Let The Lioness In You Flow Freely (05:32)
Credits
- Yves Tumor - vocals, arrangement, creative director, producer, writing
- Croatian Amor - arrangement, writing
- Will Artope - trumpet
- Luke Niccoli - bass guitar, additional producer, additional engineer, additional editing
- Evan Johns - drums
- Andreas Emanuel - electric guitar, additional electric guitar
- James K - vocals, additional violin
- Derek Stein - cello
- James Ferraro - additional grand piano
- Oxhy - vocals, writing
- Jon Peven - additional percussion
- Puce Mary - additional producer
- Justin Raisen - co-producer, engineer
- Mahssa Taghinia - executive producer, creative director, management
- Isamaya Ffrench - art direction, creative director, make-up
- Collin Fletcher - design
- Paul Corley - mixed by
- Dave Cooley - mastered by
- Jordan Hemingway - photography by, producer, video editor
- Bliss Serenity Resting - design, logo
- Evanie Frausto - hair
- Midland Agency - model
- Nick Royal - stylist, wardrobe
- Warp Records - producer