First Listen: tUnE-yArDs, 'w h o k i l l'

"Ladies and gentlemen, Merrill is performing at the..." That's as much introduction as we're given before Merrill Garbus herself yanks away the microphone and starts the show. The second album by tUnE-yArDs is defined from its opening seconds by false starts, sudden stops and quick changes worthy of the typographic jumble that is the band's name. As the woman at the center of the madness, Garbus seems to delight in the uncertainty of it all, keeping us in the dark just long enough that when she...

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