Bird-Brains is the debut album by experimental-pop musician Merrill Garbus' solo-project tUnE-yArDs

Tune-Yards

tUnE-yArDs is the music project of New England native Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass...

. It was originally released on Marriage Records

Marriage Records

Marriage Records is a small, independent record label based in Portland, Oregon, USA. It was founded in late 2002 by Curtis Knapp and Adrian Orange. The first release was a cd-r entitled Nothing by Thanksgiving. Marriage releases vinyl records, compact discs, CD-Rs, tapes, skateboards, books,...

 on June 9, 2009, then re-released by 4AD Records on August 17th of the same year as a limited-edition pressing, then finally released worldwide on November 16th with two bonus tracks.

The vinyl edition does not include the track "Synonynonym," and instead ends with "Fiya."

It currently has a score of 79/100 on Metacritic

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Track listing

1. "For You" – 1:50
2. "Sunlight" – 3:47
3. "Lions" – 4:59
4. "Hatari" – 5:39
5. "News" – 3:24
6. "Jamaican" – 3:54
7. "Jumping Jack" – 3:16
8. "Little Tiger" – 4:59
9. "Safety" – 4:37
10. "Fiya" – 5:28
11. "Synonynonym" – 3:50
12. "Want Me To" (bonus track) – 4:24
13. "Real Live Flesh" (bonus track) – 3:33

External links

• http://www.4ad.com/tune-yards/ tUnEyArDs at 4AD
  4AD
  4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...