Tune-Yards airs new video for ‘Real Thing’

It’s hard to imagine Merrill Garbus approaching any situation with an attitude short of total glee, but she really goes to town in the new Tune-Yards video for ‘Real Thing’.

Directed by Tom Jobbins, Garbus can be seen diving into boxes full of plastic bobble bits, and getting into fights with mannequins as she damns modern day’s obsession with dress sizes and “the search for the real thing.” “I come from the land of shame” she sings with her customary obsessive smile. The mannequins are a touch creepy, but they serve a purpose.

‘Real Thing’ is taken from the ‘Nikki Nack’ LP, out now on 4AD.

Tune-Yards plays the following European dates:

NOVEMBER

02 Antwerp, Trix

03 Lille, Grand Mix

04 Nantes, Stereolux

06 Lyon, Ground Zero

07 Geneva, La Graviere

08 Bologna, Locomotiv

09 Rome, TBA

12 Berlin, Postbahnhof

13 Copenhagen, Lille Vega

14 Stockholm, Debaser Strand

16 Helsinki, Tavastia

17 Tallinn, Von Krahl

18 Riga, Palladium