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YEAH YEAH YEAHS
April 13th 2009
zynne.com reports
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City-based alternative rock band. The band consists of lead singer Karen O, drummer Brian Chase, and guitarist Nick Zinner. In 2000 they formed a trio, and were later joined by second guitarist Imaad Wasif in 2006 for touring purposes. According to an interview that aired during the ABC network's Live from Central Park SummerStage series, the band's name was taken from modern New York City vernacular. The band has recorded three studio albums; the first, Fever to Tell, was released in 2003. The second, Show Your Bones, was released in 2006 and was named the second best album of the year by NME. Their third studio album, It's Blitz, was released on March 31, 2009 in the USA and on April 6, 2009 in the rest of the world.
The band says the album sounds different from their previous ones but will "still sound like Yeah Yeah Yeahs". The new single Zero can be heard on the band's website and MySpace page. The album was leaked to the Internet on February 23rd, 2009. The album was originally set to be released April 13, but following the leak the band's label, Interscope, pulled the release date forward to reduce the impact of the online leak.
“Safe in the knowledge that garage-rock on a big budget blows, It’s Blitz! goes in for a wardrobe change: high-haired guitarist Nick Zinner ditching his axe for a bank of vintage synths, Karen O taming her screeches for sweetly coos, the album blessed with a sense of stylistic adventure that almost hints at genuine reinvention.” (AboutCom:Alternative Music)
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The songs like "Runaway" and "Dragon Queen." are the recipe for commerce by the radio friendly sound. The latter is a well-oiled machine of drum programming, synths, guitar, and pitch-shifted vocals, in which little playing sounds 'live' in the slightest, and everything is buffed by effort. Previously, Yeah Yeah Yeahs might've pretended they still had punk pretensions, but, by now, they know their place. And, in such, It's Blitz! shows a band that's finally comfortable in their own commercially-accessible skin.
Check out the bands website and yeah yeah yeahs on Myspace
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