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Click above to watch "Wait for the Summer" from Yeasayer's new album All Hour Cymbals, out now on We Are Free Records.

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How do we know that Yeasayer’s a buzz band? For one thing, it appeared as a Band of the Week back in January on these very (web) pages. And for another thing, when we wrote about Yeasayer’s tour with MGMT, we used the word “buzz” in the title.

But perhaps you need some arty, visual evidence to legitimize your enthusiasm. Well, you’re in luck, unbeliever, because the band has just premiered its loopy video for “Wait for the Summer,” off of 2007’s acclaimed All Hour Cymbals. The video features bugs, apples, and general trippiness, resulting in a whole other kind of buzz.

Our friends at Drowned in Sound have goods right here.

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Yeasayer on MySpace
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Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Fun Fact: The band's collective favorite musical is Oliver!.
Why It's Worth Watching: Yeasayer mixes world-music rhythms with indie-rock songwriting, creating music that draws from a wealth of influences without sounding dated or nostalgic.
For Fans Of: David Byrne and Brian Eno’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Peter Gabriel, TV on the Radio

In its very short history, Yeasayer has already inspired a long list of disparate comparisons—to members of the old guard like Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel and Fleetwood Mac, as well as to contemporary acts like Animal Collective, TV on the Radio and Vampire Weekend—which only reveals the breadth and complexity of the band's music. “We are influenced by a lot of disparate musical elements, and we try to allow those elements to come together in new ways,” says Chris Keating, one of the band’s four singers and multi-instrumentalists.

One is soon to be featured as a Paste Band of the Week. The other has already graced our mag's pages as a 4 To Watch artist. Yup, we have a gut feeling that Yeasayer and MGMT are each going to be a pretty big deal over the next few years, if they aren't already dominating your eardrums. So now that the pair is touring together, Paste advises that you get in on the ground floor while the two remain relative unknowns outside of the Web's incestuous blog circles.

Below are the duo's North American dates. Please note that the New York show is MGMT-less:

December
15 New York, N.Y. @ Mercury Lounge *

January
16 Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat Backstage
17 Chapel Hill, N.C. @ Local 506
18 Atlanta, Ga. @ The Earl
19 Baton Rouge, La. @ Spanish Moon
20 Houston, Texas @ Walter's on Washington
21 Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater
22 Austin, Texas @ Emo's Jr.
24 Phoenix, Ariz. @ Rhythm Room
25 San Diego, Calif. @ The Casbah
26 Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echo
28 San Francisco, Calif. @ Bottom of the Hill
30 Portland, Ore. @ Holocene
31 Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos

February
2 Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux
3 Salt Lake City, Utah @ Kilby Court
4 Denver, Colo. @ Hi-Dive
6 Omaha, Neb. @ The Slowdown
7 Minneapolis, Minn. @ 7th Street Entry
8 Chicago, Ill. @ Schubas
9 Toronto, Ontario @ El Mocambo
10 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
12 Allston, Mass. @ Great Scott
14 Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
15 Philadelphia, Pa. @ Johnny Brenda's

* Yeasayer only

Related links:
Yeasayer.net
Yeasayer on MySpace
MGMT on MySpace

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