Monday, May 23, 2005
Yeah Yeah Yeah Baby!
ALLIE EDIT: Because this poor post got lost underneath the freakishly long Tori Amos review, I'm bumping this one back up so the Yeah Yeah Yeah's can get their rightfully-deserved time at the top.
Here is some indie-punk with a feminine touch from The Big Apple; the Yeah Yeah Yeahs came upon my attention at the MTV Movie Awards last May when they performed live. The song that seems to be a favourite among YYY fans, 'Maps', had very simple lyrics, but singer Karen O's performance was so riveting that it was hard not to notice the raw emotion that the song is bursting with.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs formed in Brooklyn, when Karen O (vocals) and Nick Zinner (guitar) stumbled upon one another in a New York bar. They wrote some pretty acoustic folk songs together before they decided they prefered to be a rock-n-roll, art-punk, disco-sleaze whatever-you-wanna-call-it band. They called Karen's old Ohio college pal Brian Chase (drums) to bring the thunder and backbone to the party. The YYY's came into the world of music in early 2001 when they recorded their 5-track, self-titled debut EP.
Since their debut, they have created about three albums including my favourite, 'Fever To Tell'. Karen O's raucious, raspy holler is of the head-banging material and screams inspiration that makes you want to sing and scream with her. The song 'Tick' is a perfect example of the foot-stomping feeling of the YYY's. Karen uses her skills of tongue, nose, and throat to thrust into vocals that are comparable to a young girl's tantrums and the renditions of a drunken woman (as she often is during live performances).
Karen O and Squeak E. Clean (Spike Jonze's brother) have recently released the single, ‘Hello Tomorrow’ , which is currently featured in an Adidas advert. The follow-up for ‘Fever To Tell’ will be released in autumn 2005, which is good news for current and future fans.
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