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New iTunes genre tag: "LOL Brooklyn." New entry under said tag: Yeasayer's Odd Blood , wherein the fanciest of boroughs gets its very own Tears for Fears. Geographically sprawling, blithely psychedelic, deadly earnest, unapologetically corny, wantonly synth-overloaded, occasionally transcen...
Remember that scene in Total Recall when Arnold walks into that futuristic bar with the triple-breasted woman? Well, Yeasayer's sophomore album Odd Blood is the music that would be blaring in the background in such an establishment, in such an era.
When we heard Yeasayer launch into "Madder Rose" at last summer's Pitchfork Music Festival we combed through their b-sides thinking we had somehow been wrong about the band since we were in the critical minority when it came to Yeasayer's last album. When we discovered "Madder Rose" wasn't an unnoticed gem but instead a taste of what the band was cooking up for the future we began to get excited ...
Yeasayer lead us through Odd Blood, track by track. After hitting stores Tuesday, it's already being heralded as a top album of the year.
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Okay, you’ve heard Yeasayer ’s second set, Odd Blood , but are you entirely sure what the band are harping on about? The band’s Anand Wilder provides some clues to their future-pop odyssey with this here track by track guide.
FREDERICA -- When Lynn Lofthouse's power went off about 4 a.m. Saturday, she went back to bed, figuring the Delaware Electric Cooperative would have her back on line soon.
Okay, you’ve heard Yeasayer ’s second set, Odd Blood , but do you understand it? Well? DO YOU? The band’s Anand Wilder provides some clues to their future-pop odyssey with this here track-by track-guide.
Brooklyn-based Yeasayer once described its sound as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel," quite possibly the coolest genre name I've encountered.
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