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Yeasayer Prepares "Demented R&B" Third Album

Yeasayer's sophomore release, 2010's Odd Blood, was filled with dance beats and new romantic synthpop — a radical departure from their heavily psychedelic, experimental debut All Hour Cymbals. For the still-untitled upcoming third album, the Brooklyn quintet is determined to change up their sound once again.  read more

Watch Yeasayer Play a New Song

Yeasayer revealed a brand new track earlier this week. The jam, entitled “Henrietta,” is the second song to be shown off of the group’s follow up to Odd Blood. Yeasayer played another new song, entitled “Devil and the Deed,” on Conan only a few weeks ago....  read more

Yeasayer: Odd Blood

Needs a Transfusion By Christina Lee As proven on All Hour Cymbals and now on Odd Blood, Yeasayer knows how to set the stage for a great adventure. But while chipmunk falsettos may have replaced human howls on this interplanetary trek, these voices are still telling the same aimless tale. Starting with an intimidating first encounter, only now with distortion-voiced aliens (“The Children”), the band’s venture into a new world peaks entirely too early, with standout single the gurgling “Ambling Alp” replacing the last album’s chanting “2080.” From there, save for weak extraterrestrial stabs at R&B (“Love Me Girl”) and...  read more

Listen to Yeasayer's Odd Blood

Yeasayer’s follow-up to 2007’s All Hours Cymbals hits the streets next Tuesday, Feb. 9. Fortunately, you don’t have to wait until then to hear Odd Blood, though, as the former Paste band of the week is streaming the new album in its entirety on its MySpace page....  read more

Download Yeasayer's "O.N.E."

Download Yeasayer's "O.N.E." here.Yeasayer's Odd Blood will be released Feb. 9 on Secretly Canadian....  read more

Yeasayer Releases Single From New Album

With its first single “2080,” Yeasayer only hinted a bit at intergalactic tendencies. However, with synth whispers and delicate electric-guitar arpeggios, the band’s starry-eyed introduction is immediately grounded by a rather realistic sentiment: “We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests.”...  read more