Tune-Yards, the art-rock band fronted by singer and guitarist Merrill Garbus, is reissuing their album Nikki Nak to celebrate her 10th anniversary. The deluxe edition includes four new tracks and will be released on streaming services on August 9. One of these songs is a deconstructed remix of “Water Fountain” by Water From Your Eyes, which they have retitled “Water from your fountain.” Listen to it below.
In addition to the digital reissue, Tune-Yards announced Behind the Behind the albuma 28-page magazine about its creation Nikki Nak. Designed by Molly Styslinger and Garbus, it features behind-the-scenes photos, scans of Garbus' lyric journals, handwritten anecdotes, and more. Behind the Behind the album available through 4 AD.
Tune-Yards' latest studio album, Incompletewas released in March 2021. They have written some other songs since then, including an original soundtrack for the Boots Riley series I am a virgin; which marked their second collaboration, following Tune-Yards' score for his first feature film, 2018 Sorry to bother.
Revisit Pitchfork's 2014 interview with Tune-Yards about the making of Nikki Nak.
Nikki Nack (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition):
01 Find a new way
02 Faucet
03 Time of Darkness
04 Real thing
05 Look around
06 Hello Zoe
07 Nerochytis-O
08 Why do we dine on toddlers?
09 Stop this man
10 Wait a minute
11 Left Back
12 Rocking armchair
13 Man
14 Nobody/No one
15 Rally
16 Water Fountain (Your Eyes Remix)
17 Water From Your Fountain (Water From Your Eyes Remix)
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