{"id":904,"date":"2015-05-18T01:53:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T08:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=904"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:21:48","slug":"tune-yards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/tune-yards","title":{"rendered":"Episode 38: tUnE-yArDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Water Fountain&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SongExploder38-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder38\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-905\" alt=\"tUnE-yArDs\"\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=15e6c6f68eeb8f0e6c3b1b7a4802e4da\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tune-yards-water-fountain\/id788236947?i=342479452&#038;mt=2&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/c93fe487-c347-46f2-980c-46e15923c802\/SongExploder38-Tune-Yards-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In this episode, Merrill Garbus of <a href=\"http:\/\/tune-yards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tUnE-yArDs<\/a> breaks down &#8220;Water Fountain.&#8221; It\u2019s a song that draws inspiration from the politics of drought and dancehall reggae, and you\u2019ll hear how and why she tried to make this song less catchy. Despite that effort, in 2014 the tUnE-yArDs album Nikki Nack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/430680\/tune-yards\/chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climbed the Billboard Charts<\/a> and got widespread <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/19314-tune-yards-nikki-nack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/review\/percussive-strength-tune-yards-finds-new-way-203932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Water Fountain,&#8221; from the album <em>Nikki Nack<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/water-fountain\/id838008963?i=838008965&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/tune-yards-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2fx7p7TEi6M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chaka Demus &#038; Pliers &#8211; Murder She Wrote<\/a><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2fx7p7TEi6M?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038; modestbranding=1&#038;theme=light&#038;autohide=0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Water Fountain&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 In this episode, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs breaks down &#8220;Water Fountain.&#8221; It\u2019s a song that draws inspiration from the politics of drought and dancehall reggae, and you\u2019ll hear how and why she tried to make this song less catchy. 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