Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Mosquito

"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

word

ummm, "Sacrilege" is kind of amazing

Still don't like it, but hope it'll at least work for me in the context of the album.

'Sacrilege' is great. High hopes for this new album. Has it leaked?

david pajo is in the band now!!! woah!

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/03/the-25-best-acts-we-caught-at-sxsw-2013.html

David Pajo is like the Vinny Testaverde of indie rock.

DJP AND CAD!!!!!

HOUSE OF BLUES MAY 12TH

WHO IS IN?

OK, I just got three for Kevin, Tina, and I through their website. You go do the same. Now!! :D

$37 (inc. booking fee)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRI3Ew4BvA

$37 (inc. booking fee)

Each?!?! Jesus

Yeah, each.

So D and S since I just bought three if you guys wanna go you gotta get your own but it shouldn't be a prob since it's still only pre-sale.

I am buying a ticket to this even if I don't know if I can go; we're supposed to be at an afternoon party that day, but J is coming late because of a production of Hairspray she's doing in Hyde Park, so maybe I just hang around until she shows up and then head in from Dorchester to continue drinking and partying

so if this is pre-sale does that mean all the floor tickets will be gone by the time it opens to the public? ;_;

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/magazine/get-yer-yeah-yeah-yeahs-out.html

New stream of "Under the Earth".

v dubby

wow i really love that. this album could be great. i was kinda prepared for it to be a clusterfuck after that album art was revealed

Yeah, now I'm even madder that all these REALLY GOOD songs are being covered up with that horrible sleeve.

Whole thing has leaked btw. Horrible quality though

i mean, i get that album art doesn't exactly mean what it used to in the downloading/streaming age, but it's almost like tell you I DARE YOU TO BUY THIS

Maybe they're hoping people will mistake it for some Fat Wreck Chords or Punk-o-Rama cd and buy it.

personally it sounded like an abject mess to me

the album i mean

The deluxe edition has a slightly different cover which looks a little better.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mosquito-Yeah-Yeahs/dp/B00B10X9BK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1364597595&sr=1-1

no that is still terrible

Not sure what to think of this album. A lot of the songs kind of passed me by which is unusual for them.

The last three songs are the highlights, Always in particular is incredible and one of the best things they've ever done.

Have they released a version of "Sacrilege" that isn't remixed by Foster The People yet?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/magazine/get-yer-yeah-yeah-yeahs-out.html?ref=music&_r=0

Big article in Sunday NY Times (lots of history of the group and descriptions of their personalities,not much about new album)

You’ve never met three more awkward rock stars. Chase is a consummate music nerd, a conservatory-trained jazz drummer who still plays in the city’s experimental scene. Zinner, who looks the part of a rock star, is a regular at bars and other bands’ shows but doesn’t say much. And Karen O is an exhibitionistic Boo Radley, a warped dervish onstage who disappears after the encore and is rarely seen out in real life. What they have in common is a hypersensitivity to the world that borders on pathological — a near parody of the artist’s temperament. It sounds like a miserable way to live.