Fragrant World
Yeasayer's third LP is an abrupt transition for a band whose sound always seems to be in flux, bearing both a more limited stylistic range and a narrower sense of identity.
Yeasayer's third LP is an abrupt transition for a band whose sound always seems to be in flux, bearing both a more limited stylistic range and a narrower sense of identity.
With 2007’s All Hour Cymbals and 2010’s Odd Blood, postmodern darling Yeasayer proved it’s very good at doing very different things: All Hour Cymbals was a psychedelic journey into ethnic genres and freak folk, while Odd Blood set all that aside in favor of infectious dance-party synth-pop—and both worked swimmingly. F…
With 2007’s All Hour Cymbals and 2010’s Odd Blood, postmodern darling Yeasayer proved it’s very good at doing very different things: All Hour Cymbals was a psychedelic journey into ethnic genres and freak folk, while Odd Blood set all that aside in favor of infectious dance-party synth-pop—and both worked swimmingly. F…
Yeasayer bite off more than they can chew with their "demented R'n'B" album.
Yeasayer bite off more than they can chew with their "demented R'n'B" album.
Recent years in pop music have been characterized by their throwback quality, with '80s New Wave synth popping up around…
Recent years in pop music have been characterized by their throwback quality, with '80s New Wave synth popping up around…
Yeasayer, that most postmodern of American bands, can never be trusted to stay in one place for very long. From first to second album, their previously tribal sound morphed into something altogether more danceable and lovestruck. For round three, they’ve shifted again, returning with an album indebted to the pop and R&B of the 1980s and 90s (Reagan’s Skeleton is a dead ringer for Beloved’s1993 classic Sweet Harmony), but which manages to sound as fresh as anything they’ve produced to date.
Yeasayer, that most postmodern of American bands, can never be trusted to stay in one place for very long. From first to second album, their previously tribal sound morphed into something altogether more danceable and lovestruck. For round three, they’ve shifted again, returning with an album indebted to the pop and R&B of the 1980s and 90s (Reagan’s Skeleton is a dead ringer for Beloved’s1993 classic Sweet Harmony), but which manages to sound as fresh as anything they’ve produced to date.
Fragrant World is Yeasayer's third and arguably best LP. The songs throughout the album are arrestingly forward-thinking without shying away from invoking music's rich pageantry.
Fragrant World is Yeasayer's third and arguably best LP. The songs throughout the album are arrestingly forward-thinking without shying away from invoking music's rich pageantry.
The rise and rise of Yeasayer continues. The Brooklyn-based band sound increasingly confident on this, their third album.
The rise and rise of Yeasayer continues. The Brooklyn-based band sound increasingly confident on this, their third album.
Yeasayer's third LP is more fidgety than ever, writes <strong>Hermione Hoby</strong>
Yeasayer's third LP is more fidgety than ever, writes <strong>Hermione Hoby</strong>
Yeasayer remains just as starry-eyed as ever, clinging to the worst elements of ’60s flower-child psychedelia.
Yeasayer remains just as starry-eyed as ever, clinging to the worst elements of ’60s flower-child psychedelia.
What comes first in Yeasayer’s writing process – the songs or the sounds? Do they start with the queasiest analog synths they can harness (“Devil and...
What comes first in Yeasayer’s writing process – the songs or the sounds? Do they start with the queasiest analog synths they can harness (“Devil and...
<p>The first half of Yeasayer's new album is a real plod, but it picks up magnificently after that, writes <strong>Rebecca Nicholson</strong></p>
<p>The first half of Yeasayer's new album is a real plod, but it picks up magnificently after that, writes <strong>Rebecca Nicholson</strong></p>