tUnE-YarDs meets SouNd-aRtS

Merrill Garbus from tUnE-YarDs stopped by Sound Arts for a video shoot with everybody’s favorite handmade marketplace, Etsy.

If you haven’t seen tUnE-YarDs, then you better add it to your bucket list.  Merrill is a supremely talented singer, multi-instrumentalist, and loop master.  It’s inspiring to see her build up her song layers into a crazy, polyrhythmic frenzy and then break it down to a little ukulele groove.  She has a powerful, almost tribal, voice that make the walls around her vibrate in harmony.

Etsy is known for their artist portrait videos and were inspired by Merrill’s scrappy DIY nature, as Merrill’s first major music release was made on a handheld home recorder.  But Etsy is more about handmade goods, than hand made music, so we’ll see what the future has in store for this mashup.  In the mean time, feel free to check out Etsy or the tUnE-YarDs online.  

We’ll let you know when Etsy releases their video.