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The single Machine (Touch & Go, 2003) is equally ebullient and engaging.
Alas, Fever To Tell (Interscope, 2003) is
mostly filler, and it betrays the whole idea behind
Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut EP.
The ballad Maps made them famous, though.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs' drummer Brian Chase also plays in
the Seconds with Zah Lehroff (of the Ex-Models) and bassist Jean Kwon.
Y (5 Rue Christine, 2001) and Kratitude (5 Rue Christine, 2006)
were the closest thing to the "no wave" of DNA, Mars and Teenage Jesus since
the 1980s.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs went pop on
Show Your Bones (Interscope, 2006), to the point of evoking a cross
between
Blondie and the
Primitives
(Gold Lion, Way Out).
Karen O's vocals are rarely allowed to display any sign of fury (Fancy).
The ballad du jour is Cheated Hearts. Add the acoustic Warrior
and, compared with the first EP, this sounds like classical music.
The EP Is Is (2007) proved that the band's was best in the
raw, concise format of its beginnings (the music was actually recorded in
between the two albums). Rockers to Swallow, Kiss Kiss and
Is Is rank among their most virulent and exhilarating moments.
It's Blitz (Interscope, 2009) is the band's third full-length album.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Nicol)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Il singolo Machine (Touch & Go, 2003) è
tanto ribollente quanto ingranante.
Fever To Tell è perlopiù un tappabuchi, e
tradisce l’idea-pilastro dell’EP d’esordio degli Yeah Yeah Yeahs. La ballata
Maps li rese celebri.
Il batterista Brian Chase suona anche insieme
ai Seconds con Zah Lehroff (a sua volta degli Ex Models) ed il bassista Jean
Kwon. Y (5 Rue Christine) e Kratitude (5 Rue Christine) furono le cose più
accostabili al DNA della “no wave”, ai Mars, ai Teenage Jesus sin dagli anni ottanta.
Gli Yeah Yeah Yeahs si convertirono al pop con
l’album Show Yourr Bones, ibridando gli stili dei Blondie e dei Primitives
(Gold Lion e Way Out). Le parti vocali di Karen O raramente si lasciano andare
per mostrare qualche segno di furore (Fancy). La ballata “du jour” è costituita
da Cheated Hearts. Aggiungendo l’acustica Warriors e, comparato al debutto,
questo lavoro suona come musica>
L’EP Is Is (2007) palesò che il meglio della
band andava localizzato nel formato, grezzo e deciso degli inizi (a dire il
vero, la musica fu incisa in mezzo ai due album). Rockers to Swallow, Kiss Kiss
e Is Is si>
It’s Blitz (Interscope, 2009) è il loro terzo
album.
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