If you missed out on the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah DIY tale of musical independence, you should give it a go . Cuz it's a good one. But that's just hindsight to the fun ahead for the band. The new, revived 2011 edition of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has a new CD out called "Hysterical" and a tour to boot. This NPR link provides a good overview of where the band has been over the past few years, and shows that the new LP is a coming together of musical maturity of [...]
We attended Day 3 and Day 4 of Filter Magazine's Culture Collide Festival. Below is my Day 4 review featuring The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Hypernova and Datarock. We got there at about 5:45 and immediately walked around and just took in all the stuff going on, which including trying out the [...]
This review runs in full and in color on the Bowery Presents House List blog. It's one thing to have been away, but it's quite another to have been away long enough that your fans feared you might never return. And by early 2009, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah seemed destined for the latter scenario. The combination of a lukewarm second album, a lead singer with a solo record on the way and the
"Same Mistake" is golden and it's the lead track off of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's newest effort Hysterical out on September 20th. They'll also be here in DC tomorrow night @ 9:30 Club. Tickets . Connect: Facebook | Twitter Same Mistake by CYHSYband Get: Amazon | iTunes | Bandcamp
It's six years since the release of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 's self-titled debut, where we first heard the distinctive high-pitched voice of Alec Ounsworth and the slightly angular, possibly even nerdy sound of the Brooklynites. Their second album went OTT on the angular bits and often came off as if they'd joined a circus and run away so it was with a sideways, sheepish glance we looked at their third LP, Hysterical . As if to answer those tentative approaches the album begins punching way above its weight. The opener 'Same Mistake' begins with [...]
Clap your hands say yeah's new album will be out in sept. but they just announced the preorder.. holy smokes is that a baby blue vinyl.. yes.. yes it is. I havent been upset with an album of theirs yet and the new single sounds great! check it out Download here