It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ billowing cloud of avant-rock is invaded here by a clutch of disco synths, exploring new areas of tempo, personality and atmosphere for this New York art-punk trio. Guitarist Nick Zinner steers the course with imaginative guitar work, drummer Brian Chase probably hasn’t had this much fun drumming on a record before, and singer Karen O wraps herself in electrical-taped chiffon for disco drag-outs “Zero,” “Heads Will Roll” and “Dragon Queen.” Production from David Sitek (TV On the Radio) and Nick Launay ensure *It’s Blitz!* is a contemporary affair.
YYYs make the dreaded "mature album" work by taking familiar shapes and tools and recombining them in ways that are bracing and unexpected.
When Yeah Yeah Yeahs came roaring out of the New York alt-rock scene at the start of the ’00s, they sounded like they were competing to be NYC’s loudest, shriekiest band. But those harder edges quickly softened, perhaps because the YYYs realized that frontwoman Karen O could be freaky even when singing the tenderest…
With such a dramatic new direction, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs seem to be risking their rightful place at the forefront of edgy art-house music as well as sacrificing some of raw emotional energy that got them there. However, It's Blitz slow burning romantic…
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For the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, that means a third album sound plotted somewhere between Blondie, Franz Ferdinand and Gwen Stefani; which, hopefully you've noticed, is two-thirds of a great formula.
<p>They boldly push synths centre stage while sacrificing none of their vitality, finds <strong>Alex Denney</strong></p>
<p>The band's glittery new disco sound suits them very well. It's all cool, brittle catchiness, writes <strong>Caroline Sullivan</strong></p>
It’s been far too long since we’ve had a new album from Brooklyn’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
On the surface, not too much has changed about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The group's punkier, early-2000s counterpart still had the same 3 members: frontwoman Karen O, multi-instrumentalist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They had a similar sound to other New York City garage rock bands, but they had a secret weapon the others
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! review: Synths, melodies, real depth - this is not your little brother's Yeah Yeah Yeahs.