[Lia's comment- 'look at them ^, arty trendy shoreditch magician fuckers! i kid, i kid]
If I could read phonetics then I would have known the band are YAYsayer not YEAHsayer. Now we have that out of the way you can't embarrass yourselves like I did.
Ambling Alp is the first single from Brooklyn-based Yeasayer's second full album: Odd Blood and for the moment is available for free via their Myspace.
If you're an Animal Collective fan, definitely give this a listen. Despite the range of electronic blips, chirps and other random sounds this isn't a cacophony. Although at times you might wonder if they hired Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies. Don't expect the harmonious beauty of 2080 (from 2007's All Hour Cymbals), this is entirely different. Ambling Alp is musically experimental but never alienating thanks to the catchy melody. After a couple of listens it will be a bit of an earworm you can't get rid of but you'll want to hang onto this worm. It really is quite charming.
4/5
Ben Kolb
Ambling Alp is the first single from Brooklyn-based Yeasayer's second full album: Odd Blood and for the moment is available for free via their Myspace.
If you're an Animal Collective fan, definitely give this a listen. Despite the range of electronic blips, chirps and other random sounds this isn't a cacophony. Although at times you might wonder if they hired Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies. Don't expect the harmonious beauty of 2080 (from 2007's All Hour Cymbals), this is entirely different. Ambling Alp is musically experimental but never alienating thanks to the catchy melody. After a couple of listens it will be a bit of an earworm you can't get rid of but you'll want to hang onto this worm. It really is quite charming.
4/5
Ben Kolb
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