SELECT LIVE PRESS QUOTES FOR THE TO SPITE OR NOT TO SPITE TOUR

"Yves Tumor’s live performance was nothing short of a religious experience.” - PARKLIFE DC

"Sean Lee Bowie, better known as Yves Tumor, is an artist who’s been marked by rapid growth, quickly expanding beyond their origins in the experimental music world into becoming a multigenre straddling maestro.” - PHOENIX NEW TIMES

"As a queer Black person, seeing swaths of Black kids (both in and out of trademark goth attire), sharing the experience of Tumor's whirlwind performance was deeply uplifting. When I was in high school, watching a performer like Tumor while surrounded by people with similar identities would have felt impossible — last night, they opened up a whole new world. “ - EXCLAIM

Yves Tumor has announced a panoply of new dates for their tour, To Spite or Not To Spite, including a US run in October (including their first headline shows in LA and NYC since the release of the album) and a UK and European leg in November. The dates are in continued support of their recently released and acclaimed masterpiece Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds), an album that showcases Yves Tumor's continually evolving artistic perspective, presented as a hypnotic combination of captivating melodies, unconventional compositions, and mesmerizing lyrical craftsmanship. In anticipation of the impending run Yves has shared a new music video for album standout “Operator,” which is a playful take on a lyric video, combining whimsical stop-motion graphics with starred appearances from Yves Tumor alongside song vocalists Mowalola and Fresh Jame of Nation (Year0001). The video is created by student Isabela Tellez, whom Yves had originally discovered from her using “Operator” in an inspired work of fan-driven art earlier this year.

Yves and their intoxicating live band recently completed the first half of the tour, which kicked off with a pair of universally praised Coachella performances and concluded with widely heralded showings at Primavera Festival. In the intervening months the tour yielded a barrage of fervent responses from critics and fans alike, praising the band’s provocative, bombastic live performances that hearken back to an era when rock music still felt dangerous. The album continues to garner critical accolades, recently surfacing on a slew of mid-year Best Of lists ranging from Pitchfork, to Uproxx, to Stereogum, to Consequence (who named it Album of the Year so far), to Exclaim, and beyond.

BUY TICKETS FOR TO SPITE OR NOT TO SPITE
http://yvestumor.info/tour

WATCH THE “OPERATOR” LYRIC VIDEO
https://youtu.be/mbr0FKVWbkI

SAVE/BUY THE ALBUM
https://yves-tumor.ffm.to/palhc

WATCH THE “ECHOLALIA” VIDEO
https://youtu.be/Cxk-QeZ6Rus

WATCH THE “GOD IS A CIRCLE” VIDEO
https://youtu.be/dLzFdcNewKU

WATCH THE “HEAVEN SURROUNDS US LIKE A HOOD” VIDEO
https://youtu.be/tsOi9znJmEo

YVES TUMOR TOUR: TO SPITE OR NOT TO SPITE
Tickets available at http://yvestumor.info/tour

Fri July 28 –– Fuji Rock –– Naeba JP

Sun Aug 6 –– Bleached –– San Diego CA

Wed Oct 4 –– Terminal 5 –– NYC (w/Crack Cloud)
Thu Oct 5 –– Roadrunner –– Boston MA (w/Crack Cloud)
Sun Oct 8 –– Austin City Limits –– Austin TX
Tue Oct 10 –– The Portal at Area15 –– Las Vegas NV (w/The Hellp)
Wed Oct 11 –– The Observatory –– Santa Ana CA (w/The Dare)
Thu Oct 12 –– The Wiltern –– Los Angeles CA (w/The Dare)
Sun Oct 15 –– Austin City Limits –– Austin TX

Sat Nov 4 –– C2C Festival –– Turin IT

(ALL EU/UK Shows with NATION)

Sun Nov 5 –– Ottakringer Brauerei –– Vienna AT
Mon Nov 6 –– Theaterfabrik –– Munich DE
Tue Nov 7 –– Roxy Prague –– Prague CZ
Wed Nov 8 –– Kwadrat –– Krakow PL
Thu Nov 9 –– Progresja –– Warsaw PL
Sat Nov 11 –– Slaktkyrkan –– Stockholm SE
Sun Nov 12 –– Vega –– Copenhagen DE
Mon Nov 13 –– Live Music Hall –– Cologne DE
Tue Nov 14 –– Paradiso –– Amsterdam NL
Wed Nov 15 –– Paradiso –– Amsterdam NL (second night added!)
Fri Nov 17 –– Huxleys Neue Welt –– Berlin DE
Sat Nov 18 –– Huxleys Neue Welt –– Berlin DE (second night added!)
Sun Nov 19 –– Kaufleuten –– Zurich CH
Mon Nov 20 –– Botanique - Orangerie –– Brussels BE
Tue Nov 21 –– Élysée Montmartre –– Paris FR
Wed Nov 22 –– L'Aeronef –– Lille FR
Fri Nov 24 –– New Century Hall –– Manchester UK
Sat Nov 25 –– Project House –– Leeds UK
Sun Nov 26 –– O2 Academy Glasgow –– Glasgow UK
Mon Nov 27 –– 3Olympia –– Dublin IE
Tue Nov 28 –– Marble Factory –– Bristol UK
Wed Nov 29 –– O2 Forum Kentish Town –– London UK (w/Ecco2K)