Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

It’s hard to say where Clap Your Hands Say Yeah would be without the bloggers and Pitchfork. Definitely a talented band with a great story of word-of-mouth success.

There are a couple tracks that really stand out on this album for me:

Over and Over Again – I really like the line “You look like David Bowie” in this song, I don’t know why but I’ve loved that line since I first heard it. Sometimes after I hear that line I start the song over again.

The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth – My friend Jake really liked this song after I gave him the album, and I appreciate his taste in music, so I always paid attention to it.

Gimme Some Salt Catchy as hell, this one burrows itself in my head and stays there all day.

Like all good hype this album crashed pretty hard for me. I saw them put on a short, but good show at the Annex here in Madison. I was hoping for a live performance a-la Arcade Fire or the Black Keys, but instead got a pretty identical performance of their album in its entirety.

To sum up my review, I think these guys are talented as hell, and great musicians, I just wish they would start tearing roofs off clubs in the near future.

What the critics say:

Coke Machine Glow – 84%
Tiny Mix Tapes – 4.5/5
Stylus Magazine – B+
Metacritic.com – 86/100
Pitchfork – [9.0]

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