Mosquito

AlbumJan 01 / 2013
Indie Rock
Popular
6.0 / 10

For the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' fourth album, they returned to the casual creative processes that produced their first demo and electrifying debut album, yet they struggle to recapture their early vitality.

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The release of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ fourth album, Mosquito, coincides almost to the day with the 10-year anniversary of the band’s breakout debut, Fever To Tell, making the new album, intentionally or not, a mile-marker for a group that could have easily disappeared into the black hole of cultural apathy that consumed…

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They’ve always been a mischievous bunch of minxes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Despite a formidable start, Mosquito subsequently thrills only sporadically until the welcome introspection of its closing number.

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People who can't understand why "Mosquito" is the title track of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' fourth album are thinking too big.

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With Yeah Yeah Yeahs' last album, 2009's It's Blitz, the NYC trio threatened to abandon everything we've come to know and love about them.

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Say what you will about Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but you can't deny they're consistent. For 13 years, the New York trio has been propelling their double-jointed brand of hyperventilating punk throbs and tender balladry without feeling the need to change tack.

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ClashMusic: Rad an album review of 'Mosquito' by the New York trio led by Kare O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The follow up to 2009's 'It's Blitz' it ffeatures the single 'Sacrilege'.

<p>For all its charms, Yeah Yeah Yeahs fourth album leaves you wondering where they go from here, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>

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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’s latest is a messy, forceful expression of creative restlessness.

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Review Of 'Mosquitos' From The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They worked with James Murphy, Dave Sitek, Dr Octagon and Nick Launay. 'Mosquitos' is out now on Interscope

Not even flirting with roots reggae can derail a&nbsp;confident return for the alt rock veterans, after their failed assault on the charts, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>

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[xrr rating=3.25/5]When Yeah Yeah Yeahs debuted in 2003 with Fever to Tell, it didn’t seem very likely that they would be one of the longest lasting, most consistent bands in New York’s 2000s boom of indie rock.

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In nature, the term parasitism is used to describe an interaction between two parties where one benefits from the outcome to the others detriment. This technique is practiced by numerous creatures, including mosquitos. On the other side of the coin, there’s mutualism, which describes an exchange between any number of parties where all are the

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito review: Splat.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album Mosquito has a sense of cartoonish, pop fun, says Helen Brown.

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