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Label Them All You Want, but Yeasayer Aren't Sunshiny Happy Peoplenew
While bands like MGMT (the poster boys of the new psychedelic movement) garner rave reviews for being poppy and unthreatening, Yeasayer's debut album, last year's All Hour Cymbals, plays out like an unbalanced career retrospective.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
11-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
Yeasayer Breaks Throughnew
On All Hour Cymbals, the band mashed sounds that shouldn't have ever been dumped into the same pot. But it worked, as the band received bundles of press all along the blogosphere and invites to various festivals around the globe.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
Yeasayer Devours Styles, Goes Popnew
While Yeasayer's bizarre but enchanting debut, All Hour Cymbals, hardly aims for that kind of narrative focus, it shows the band similarly gorging itself on a host of styles and sounds.
The Portland Mercury |
John Motley |
01-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
Yeasayer Blends Influencesnew
All Hour Cymbals is a direct descendant of Brian Eno and David Byrne's collaborations and stands alongside Animal Collective and Gang Gang Dance's experimental work. Written in the wake of the second Bush election, it features Middle Eastern strings, African drums, complex harmonies and some very bleak lyrics.
New York Press |
Elizabeth Rhodes |
12-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
