Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Mosquito

was ready to say "this is excellent" and then arrived the gospel choir

super excellent then

Said on FB: "Looks like something Green Jelly would have concocted."

― Ned Raggett, Monday, January 14, 2013 10:21 AM

x-post - OTM.

I love this to bits

DJP and CAD when/if they come here next I will be in charge of getting us tickets and we're all going. Y/Y?

Y

:D OK, I am on it.

the only things that would keep me away would be a gig or being out of town

yeah! i'm in.

I mean, whenever this happens I'll make sure to check back before buying but if at all possible we should definitely do this.

Choir makes the song. Actually I think it saves it. This bunch remains the world's most frustratingly near-successful band for me.

oh good, it sounds like adele

ok, what?

A couple people on fb are comparing it to Gimme Shelter. Why, other than the choir? It's not like Gimme Shelter AT ALL.

oh i was just skipping the stones and going straight for the rolling in the deep trolling option

xp

lol

"just what I wanted, a YYYs version of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'"

album cover is hideous, but kinda excited about this

"karen why don't you rein it in and leave the shouty sloganeering bit to a gospel choir this time?"

Gospel choirs in rock are usually the last refuge of the lazy arse but this is great.

It's good until the choir -- but I've been listening to "Like a Prayer" and Aretha all weekend.

OMFG this is amazing

choir is the best bit

I NEED TO NOT BE SOMEWHERE I CAN'T DOWNLOAD THIS AND LOOP IT INCESSANTLY FML

By the way this... totally isn't the direction I expected from the cover.

The choir reminds me of Dark/Light by John Frusciante.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eGIIPtn-s

"Sacrilege" is incredible! vocals/choir aside, it kinda reminds me of ESG for some reason.

this may be my favorite thing they've ever done

i'm now somewhere i've downloaded it and am looping it incessantly, this makes me v happy

Surprised by the strong positive reaction here. I think the drumming sounds amazing and am not averse to the choir, but I would've really liked a double time freakout / some sort of jam towards the end, and the song generally doesn't hold a candle to the leading couple of singles from It's Blitz.

OTM. I suppose the upsetting of expectations is part of its charm. To me the choir sounds like it got off on the wrong bus stop.

I hate "Sacrilidge" so much and wish KCRW would stop playing it all the fucking time.

Gospel choir singing "sacrilidge" over and over is a so contrived. Oh so edgy!

yeah tbh this is really underwhelming

maybe they should play "Sacrilege" instead

in St Peter's.

I think the drumming sounds amazing and am not averse to the choir, but I would've really liked a double time freakout / some sort of jam towards the end

not hearing the choir as a "jam" at the end of this disappoints me but doesn't really surprise me

I don't mind the single but I'm not blown away by it. I'm not too worried though as their lead singles are never my favourite songs on their albums, especially on the first two. Still hoping that the artwork is some kind of joke and they reveal a different cover at the last minute.

especially on the first two

If Date With the Night didn't blow your head off, well...then I just don't know.

When they came out it really took me a while to get into them because of how much I didn't like that song. I like it more now but still get way more enjoyement out of Pin, Maps and Y Control. I still think that is their weakest album though, for me they've improved with each album.

When they came out it really took me a while to get into them because of how much I didn't like that song. I like it more now but still get way more enjoyement out of Pin, Maps and Y Control. I still think that is their weakest album though, for me they've improved with each album.

― Kitchen Person, Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:16 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fwiw, this means you are pretty much my exact opposite in terms of taste in rock music.

Never cared about these guys before Blitz came out

I also like Date with the Night least on that album, by a long shot.

"date with the night" is fucking incredible - i don't like anything else on the debut half as much

"zero" is their only lead single that wasn't a standout on the album

ada's cover of Maps (and then the Mayer/Thomas remix of that cover) beat anything YYY's have done apart from 'Down Boy' IMO.

Oh I loved Zero. It blew my head off first time I heard it and it was so exciting hearing the rest of the album and realising that wasn't an anomaly. The drop at 1:21 is just ridiculous.

Oh I loved Zero. It blew my head off first time I heard it and it was so exciting hearing the rest of the album and realising that wasn't an anomaly

"zero" is their only lead single that wasn't a standout on the album

Zero is great but what's even greater is that a lot of the other songs on Blitz are even greater.

i just find the hook of "zero" a bit lacking compared to everything else on it's blitz

B-but the way her voice ascends on "climb", the huge, dirty late-breaking synth riff, her vocal on the "shellshock" bits, the ludicrous intensity of the last minute, the sheer weight of it. Flawless imo. But then it was my favourite album of 2009 so are were plenty more highs. I'm both excited and nervous about this one as a result.

Heads Will Roll >>> Zero

I'd completely forgotten about the existence of this record.

"Under the Earth" is badass

^^ otm

i think this record has some great songs, but that's counterweighted by having possibly the worst album cover of all time

"possibly the worst" leaves enough leeway for it to actually be the best album cover of all time so I'll allow it