It's almost as if recording an album the traditional way is no longer good enough. Ever since Bon Iver retreated to his cabin and recorded 'For Emma, Forever Ago' in starry solitude, indie rock seems to have become obsessed with recording techniques, from cut and paste collage to wilful minimalism. Merril Garbus, who is Tuneyards, has her own distinctive approach - the songs on her wild, excellent, experimental debut 'Bird Brains' were recorded live, consisting only of vocals and ukulele, onto a cheapo handheld voice recorder. Every other sound on her dense, vibrant LP, was added later using shareware software on her PC. Most of the sounds are, in fact, just that - not bits of music, but creaks and clunks, yelps and squeals. It all makes for fascinating, odd pop music, some of it sharing a spirit with the marvellous Mica Levi, of Michachu and the Shapes.
How this strange collection of demos, multi-tracked vocals and found sounds will be reassembled or re-interpreted live is, frankly, anyone's guess, so the adventurous of spirit and curious minded should prepare to brave the cold February night to head down to the Freebutt to see what strange treat Garbus cooks up. It's bound to be singular, and likely pretty impressive.
Tuneyards play tonight at the Freebutt. Tickets are £6.50.
1 Phoenix Place
BN2 2ND
Brighton, UK
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