2005, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
9.0 on Pitchfork! Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has stockpiled a mass of oft-trampled influences, including what amounts to a 12-course meal of in-vogue '80s acts. What's interesting is the manner in which the players assemble this source material. The Cure and The Smiths, for instance, are probed for neither nostalgic angst nor fashion cues. The Reagan-era creepiness that often surfaces when contemporary acts dabble in such sounds in curtailed by Clap Your Hands' apparent affinity for the Clean and other indie slouchers, to say nothing of the harmonica strapped in front of singer Alec Ounsworth's mouth. (Republicans play keyboards, but it takes a socialist to pull of the consecrated harmonica holder.) - Jay Ruttenberg Timeout NY
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Clap Your Hands! | PLAY |
| 2 | Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away | PLAY |
| 3 | Over and Over Again (Lost and Found) | PLAY |
| 4 | Sunshine and Clouds (And Everything Proud) | PLAY |
| 5 | Details of the War | PLAY |
| 6 | The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth | PLAY |
| 7 | Is This Love? | PLAY |
| 8 | Heavy Metal | PLAY |
| 9 | Blue Turning Gray | PLAY |
| 10 | In This Home of Ice | PLAY |
| 11 | Gimmie Some Salt | PLAY |
| 12 | Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood | PLAY |
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Customer Reviews
3 reviews
KKBest album of last year.
Ian FengDavid Byrne must be rolling in his grave...what? He's not dead? Oh god, Zombie David Byrne! Yes, if you listen to this album you will hear the shadow of the Talking Heads (can you hear a shadow, apparently yes). After the opening carnival sillyness, the album gets going with a poppy, life-affirming momentum that basically doesn't stop (I don't have a thesaurus, so just go to Pitchfork for more synonyms). From the opening strums of "Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away", to the little pop masterpiece that is "Heavy Metal", to the none-too-subtle politicking of "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood", these guys know how to make you smile. But you know what? Even though it's a stellar debut, the album also doesn't leave me with that breathless feeling, those goosebump inducing moments when you remember that, man, rock is just the best thing the human race has ever produced outside of HBO. Let's just wait to see what Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has in store for us next before we annoint them with the "indie savior" title, 'kay?
B. C.Definitely one of the most inspiring CDs of 2005, CYHSY brings a driving melodic barage that will make that back right corner of your brain hurt in the best of ways. For some reason I cannot stop listening to this album; the voice haunts my dreams and the head bouncing beats make me want to start my own band. Great re-listenability (is that a word) If you don't own this CD, figure out a way to buy it. It's too refreshing to bore you.