''I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life'' is the fourth full-length release by Merrill Garbus' project

Tune-Yards Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) is the American, Oakland, California–based music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. Garbus's music draws from an eclectic variety of sources and utilizes elements such as loop pedals, ukulele, voca ...

. It was released on

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on January 19, 2018. Nate Brenner is also listed as a collaborator. The album was mixed by Mikaelin BlueSpruce. The majority of the album was recorded at Tiny Telephone Oakland and mastered in Harlem, New York, by Dave Kutch.

Musical style

''I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life'' has more electronic influences than Garbus's previous work. It is inspired by Haitian and

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, as well her life as a DJ in California. The album's themes include feminism, race intolerance, and freedom. Identity politics are the main focus of the album; Garbus said the work was inspired by a desire to "resonate with what’s going on in the world."

Reception

Upon release, the album was met positively. It holds a current score of 78/100 on review aggregator

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