Album Info

Better Dreaming

Alternative - 2025

Whether it’s Merrill Garbus’ megaphone vocals, her righteously indignant messaging, or the percussive rhythms thundering beneath them, Tune-Yards have never... more

Tracklist

1

Heartbreak

3:29 min
2

Swarm

3:30 min
3

Never Look Back

3:22 min
4

Suspended

3:07 min
5

Limelight

3:48 min
6

Get Through

3:51 min
7

Better Dreaming

4:48 min
8

How Big Is The Rainbow

3:50 min
9

See You There

1:58 min
10

Perpetual Motion

3:26 min
11

Sanctuary

4:27 min

About Better Dreaming

Whether it’s Merrill Garbus’ megaphone vocals, her righteously indignant messaging, or the percussive rhythms thundering beneath them, Tune-Yards have never trafficked in subtlety. But with their sixth album, the creative partnership of Garbus and bass-playing hubby Nate Brenner delivers its most clearly articulated statement to date. Better Dreaming is the duo’s fiercely funky response to spending several years cooped up (first with the pandemic, then with a newborn), and a defiantly optimistic affront to a world descending into chaos and rage. Featuring guest giggles from their offspring, “Limelight” is a joyous jam with a pronounced P-Funk vibe, while the clattering disco-house workout “How Big Is the Rainbow” is an instant LGBTQ+ anthem that you can imagine being blasted at Pride parties around the world for years to come. But Better Dreaming acknowledges that staying positive in a world mired in negativity requires constant diligence and self-care, and with “Get Through,” Garbus delivers an inspirational soul serenade to keep us racing toward the light: “We don’t know how we get through,” she sings, “but we do.”