Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner are staying at a friend’s house during a tour stop in New York when they tune in, by Zoom, for an interview that goes well over its allotted time.

The married couple — better known by music lovers as the Oakland-based indie-pop outfit Tune-Yards — has plenty to chat about on this day. Most notably, Garbus (vocals and other instruments) and Brenner (bass and more instruments) are happy to discuss the latest Tune-Yards album, “Better Dreaming,” which was released in mid-May.

It’s the sixth Tune-Yards full-length album to date, following such efforts as 2021’s “Sketchy” and 2011’s “Whokill” — the latter being the massively adored outing that ended its year of release at the No. 1 spot on The Village Voice’s prestigious annual Pazz and Jop critics’ poll. Thank

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