Its Blitz!

Heads Will Roll

I know I posted a song from the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album in another post, but it got deleted and I'm still working on getting our posts back so I'm writing about it in detail now, even though I've sort of been sitting on it for awhile. I was listening to 'Its Blitz!' again today and I am constantly surprised by how much I love this band. I was introduced to the band with 2003's Fever to Tell. I loved it, like most people, but I didn't give the band hardly any thought after that. I associated them with a whole team of NYC based 'art punk' bands who gained some mainstream success around that time, particularly The Strokes. I loved 'Is This It' too, but I thought one album of it was enough and I didn't think The Strokes would ever make anything different. I felt the same way about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, so when Show Your Bones came out, I wasn't too interested.

But then, I worked at the Earlham College radio station (WECI), and it was laying around with its awesome cover art and compelling title, and everyone was talking about how excited they were to listen to it, and then Carissa played 'Phenomena' on our radio show and it was just so...hot. It stuck with me and I gave the rest of the album a listen. I was absolutely blown away. 'Turn Into' and 'Warrior' are two of my favorite songs, I listened to them all the rest of that year constantly.

I was afraid 'Its Blitz' would disappoint after I'd been so blindsided by 'Show Your Bones.' Not a chance. I was blindsided again! I guess the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are just a really good band who make consistently good albums.

most bands that come out I like when they are new, a few tracks from their album are good indie dance party fodder and then they fade out of my mind, quickly becoming dated. In the moment, the bands and songs sincerely mean a lot to me, but the new newest best release of the week is always on deck. I'm not sure i feel great that that's the way I listen to music these days, but as wise man Arthur Weiss says: It is what it is. The sheer volume of music, and music that I like, make it difficult for bands to stick. I think we are going back to a culture where the concept of the single is more important than the album. I'll post more of my thoughts on that later, but for now lets focus on how rad these songs are!





note* I guess i can't send you directly to the mp3s anymore so I have to get more creative with how to give you all tracks.
OH YEAH, HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!