New ceNturY

Yves Tumor

Queer experimental artist Yves Tumor’s sound intersects somewhere between psychedelic electronic and retro rock music, with music videos that can only really be described as vivid.

“Gospel for a New Century” is a track off of their album “Heaven to a Tortured Mind,” released in 2020. The music video for the song shows Tumor crooning into a mic, sporting two large black horns and demon-like makeup with backup dancers in matching costumes and contorting demon-like figures projected behind them.

The lyrics detail the singer’s yearning for a romantic partner, and the melancholy underbelly of a love lost. My personal theory is that this heartbreak is meant to identify the “New Century,” and that the lustful passion embodied in this song is characteristic of sin, hence the demonic costumes and imagery. Either way, the song in tandem with the video creates an absolute masterpiece that I highly recommend for your viewing pleasure.