Preceded by the world-building visuals for ‘Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood’ (directed by Cody Critcheloe), ‘Echolalia’, and ‘God Is a Circle’ (both directed by Jordan Hemingway), the album as a whole is a profound reveal of Yves Tumor’s ever-expanding creative vision, rendered as an intoxicating montage of arresting hooks, uncanny arrangements, and hypnotic songwriting. The album’s meticulous execution is treated to a wide angle production from Noah Goldstein (Frank Ocean, Rosalía, Rihanna, Bon Iver) and buttressed by the visceral mixes of Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails). Praise A Lord... offers the widest narrative shot yet, opening with a literal breath and a naked voice that's spoken from a dark nightmarish depth and ending in an almost spiritual church-like celebration; presenting uniquely different songs struck cohesively as an album that begs to be reopened and re-experienced.
Yves Tumor's sound is clear and unmistaking, yet unpredictable, with an identity that is universally charismatic through an androgynous presentation that is sexual, poetic, and honest: an overall presence that will never need to conform to pop standards because it is continuously shifting and redefining what the pop world begins to emulate. The album is rounded out by contributions from Yves’ cadre of indispensable collaborators, including co-production by Yves Rothman (Blondshell, Amaarae), and instrumentation contributions from Chris Greatti (Yungblud, WILLOW), Dylan Wiggins (Rosalía, Vince Staples), Lemar Carter (Solange, Demi Lovato), Rhys Hastings and more.
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) marks the formal follow up 2021’s acclaimed The Asymptotical World EP and the preceding full length 2020 album Heaven To A Tortured Mind, both of which yielded a torrent of critical praise, including year-end accolades from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, the FADER, NPR and more.
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
1. God Is a Circle
2. Lovely Sewer
3. Meteora Blues
4. Interlude
5. Parody
6. Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood
7. Operator
8. In Spite of War
9. Echolalia
10. Fear Evil Like Fire
11. Purified By the Fire
12. Ebony Eye
Yves’ live band, whose raucous performances have yielded a cavalcade of emphatic reviews from The New Yorker, NYLON, Stereogum, the Guardian, and beyond are set to commence their globe-spanning To Spite Or Not To Spite tour at Coachella Festival in April with dates in the US, EU, UK, and more to follow over the course of the year - see full dates below.
YVES TUMOR TO SPITE OR NOT TO SPITE TOUR
Tour Debut
14 Apr–16 Apr –– Coachella Music & Arts Festival –– Indio CA
21 Apr–23 Apr –– Coachella Music & Arts Festival –– Indio CA
Wed 19 Apr –– Fox Theater –– Pomona CA [with WILLOW]
US/Canada
All shows with Pretty Sick
Also featuring:
^Izzy Spears
*Frost Children
% Nation
#Evanora Unlimited
Tue 25 Apr –– Marquee Theatre –– Tempe AZ ^
Thu 27 Apr –– Warehouse Live –– Houston TX ^
Fri 28 Apr –– Austin Psych Fest –– Austin TX
Sat 29 Apr –– The Factory in Deep Ellum –– Dallas TX ^
Mon 1 May –– The Joy Theater –– New Orleans LA ^
Tue 2 May –– The Eastern –– Atlanta GA ^
Thu 4 May –– Echostage –– Washington DC *
Fri 5 May –– Franklin Music Hall –– Philadelphia PA *
Sat 6 May –– Higher Ground Ballroom –– Burlington VT *
Sun 7 May –– MTELUS –– Montreal QC *
Tue 9 May –– History –– Toronto ON %
Wed 10 May –– Majestic Theater –– Detroit MI %
Fri 12 May –– The Riviera –– Chicago IL %
Sat 13 May –– First Avenue –– Minneapolis MN %
Mon 15 May –– Ogden Theatre–– Denver CO %
Wed 17 May –– Knitting Factory Concert House –– Boise ID
Thu 18 May –– The Vogue Theatre –– Vancouver BC #
Sat 20 May –– Showbox SoDo –– Seattle WA #
Sun 21 May –– Roseland Theater –– Portland OR #
Tue 23 May –– The Warfield –– San Francisco CA #
Europe
Fri 2 Jun –– Primavera Sound –– Barcelona ES
Sat 3 Jun –– We Love Green –– Paris FR
Sun 4 Jun –– Razzmatazz –– Barcelona ES
Wed 7 Jun –– Shoko –– Madrid ES
Fri 9 Jun –– Primavera Sound Madrid –– Madrid ES
Sat 10 Jun –– NOS Primavera Sound –– Porto PT
UK/EU
Sat 4 Nov –– #C2CMLN - Club To Club –– Milan IT
All shows with Nation
Tue 7 Nov –– Roxy –– Prague CZ
Thu 9 Nov –– Progresja –– Warsaw PL
Sat 11 Nov –– Slaktkyrkan –– Stockholm SE
Sun 12 Nov –– Vega –– Copenhagen DK
Tue 14 Nov –– Paradiso –– Amsterdam NL
Fri 17 Nov –– Huxley’s Neue Welt –– Berlin DE
Tue 21 Nov –– Elysee Montmartre –– Paris FR
Fri 24 Nov –– New Century Hall –– Manchester UK
Sun 26 Nov –– O2 Academy Glasgow –– Glasgow UK
Mon 27 Nov –– 3Olympia –– Dublin IE
