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Alec Ounsworth: Mo Beauty

A hauntingly gorgeous contradiction in terms On his first solo effort, the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman continues his enthusiastic experiments with strange sound combinations. He’s pensive these days—mellow and introverted—and his self-questioning lyrics are matched with a fittingly eerie sound. The album is well conceived with articulate themes running throughout, as when Ounsworth laments the fall of New Orleans in “Holy, Holy, Holy Moses” and then later channels the city’s brass-laden funeral marches into the dirt-smudged “Idiots in the Rain.” Ounsworth’s resounding use of strings, horns, piano and percussion appears and disappears at unexpected moments with beautifully unsettling...  read more

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Not Breaking Up, Just Seeing Other People

When news broke last week of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth going solo, questions of a breakup naturally surfaced, especially after the group announced in January that it was ditching studio plans. Ounsworth, however, has told Spinner that his own solo work does not signify the end for the band....  read more

Mo Beauty for Clap Your Hands Frontman Alec Onunsworth

First Kyp Malone, then Julian Casablancas, and now Alec Onunsworth; we guess something about the summer makes everyone wanna fly solo....  read more