Rapid Fire Reviews: Coachella Recap with Yves Tumor, Sleaford Mods & Rae Sremmurd
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds - Yves Tumor While I've never been anywhere near as big a fan of Yves Tumor's music as a lot of my critical contemporaries, I did think their last full-length project Heaven To A Tortured Mind was their best yet and that combined with some singles I somewhat enjoyed I was looking forward to this being a continuation of sorts. That started with lead single and album opener God Is A Circle which just missed my singles list last year and carried on to the spectacularly named Heaven Surrounds Us Like A Hood . The record parlays those two tracks into a pretty good start with songs whose sequenced beats and gentle singing make for a dark but surprisingly inviting combination at their best moments. The unfortunate part is that the second half of the record has a much more rock slant generally and it comes served with an occasional pop-punk edge that I could really do without sometimes. The secon...