The new year tends to bring out the new in all of us. For Tune-Yards, it comes in the form of a new album titled I can feel you creep into my private life. The new record, which will be released on January 19th, will have 12 brand new songs that tackle serious issues such as race, politics, intersectional feminism and environmental prophecies. Even though these subject matters are bleak and may trigger intense emotions, the album will be mostly upbeat music. Upbeat music that fans can dance t0.

Today, the band shared a track from the upcoming new album called “Look At Your Hands.” Merrill Garbus, the band leader issued this comment about the song saying, “Yes, the world is a mess, but I’ve been attempting to look more and more inward: how do all of these “isms” that we live in manifest in me, in my daily activities, interactions?”  She continued with, “Some of the ’80s throwback production came from wanting the vocals to sound robotic, maybe to counter the sincerity of the lyrics. I started sampling my vocals with an MPC which I’ve wanted to do for years, and there was something that felt really right about my voice being trapped in a machine.”

With this new record, Tune-Yards officially becomes a duo. On I can feel you creep into my private life, Garbus is joined by longtime collaborator Nate Brenner who produced and wrote the album with Garbus. Tune-Yards worked with mixer Mikaelin BlueSpruce who has worked with both Solange and Kendrick Lamar. The record was mostly recorded in Oakland, California at the Tiny Telephone Oakland and mastered in Harlem, New York by Dave Kutch who also worked alongside Solange as well as with Jay-Z and Chance the Rapper.

Tune-Yards’s fall tour is slowly coming to an end but fans can rejoice because the first leg of Tune-Yards headlining North American tour begins February 15th of 2018. The tour will kickoff with a show at the Fox Theater in Tune-Yards hometown of Oakland, California and will conclude at NYC’s Brooklyn Steel. Pre-sale tickets for the winter shows are limited and are currently going on with a public sale this Friday, October 20th. Check out Tune-Yards official website for more information. Every ticket purchased, a $1 will be donated to various of non-profit organizations.

I can feel you creep into my private life is available for pre-order from their official store as well as both 4AD store and iTunes. Those who pre-order the album from the Tune-Yards store and iTunes will get an instant grat download of “Look At Your Hands.”

Below is the music video for “Look At Your Hands” as well as a track list for Tune-Yards new album, cover art and their upcoming tour dates which now includes a handful of 2018 dates.

I can feel you creep into my private life Tracklist:
1. Heart Attack
2. Coast to Coast
3. ABC 123
4. Now as Then
5. Honesty
6. Colonizer
7. Look at Your Hands
8. Home
9. Hammer
10. Who Are You
11. Private Life
12. Free

Watch the music video for “Look At Your Hands” below.

Tune-Yards Tour Dates:
11/4 – PORTLAND, ME, SPACE Gallery SOLD OUT
11/5 – HAMDEN, CT, The Ballroom at Outer Space
11/6 – PHILADELPHIA, PA, Boot and Saddle SOLD OUT
11/11 – GRONINGEN, NL, Rocket Festival
11/12 – UTRECHT, NL, Le Guess Who Festival
11/16 – DUSSELDORF, DE, New Fall Festival: Tanzhaus NRW
11/17 – STUTTGART, DE, New Fall Festival: SSB Museum
12/1 – PETALUMA, CA, Mystic Theatre
12/2 – SANTA CRUZ, CA, The Catalyst Atrium
12/5 – SANTA BARBARA, CA, Soho Music Club
12/6 – LOS ANGELES, CA, The Moroccan Room SOLD OUT
2/15 – SACRAMENTO, CA, Ace of Spades
2/16 – RENO, NV, Cargo
2/17 – CHINO, CA, Senator Theatre
2/19 – PHOENIX, AZ, The Van Buren
2/20 – SAN DIEGO, CA, Observatory North Park
2/21 – LOS ANGELES, CA, El Rey
2/22 – LOS ANGELES, CA, El Rey
2/23 – OAKLAND, CA, The Fox Theatre
2/25 – PORTLAND, OR, Wonder Ballroom
2/26 – SEATTLE, WA, The Showbox
2/27 – VANCOUVER, BC, Commodore Ballroom
3/2 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN, First Avenue
3/3 – CHICAGO, IL, Thalia Hall
3/4 – DETROIT, MI, Majestic Theatre
3/6 – TORONTO, ON, Danforth Music Hall
3/7 – MONTREAL, QC, Corona Theatre
3/8 – BOSTON, MA, Royale
3/9 – BROOKLYN, NY, Brooklyn Steel

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat