Blog: Merry Swankster

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Hysteric" A couple years ago, I was a YYY-fretter , bemoaning a sophmore LP that didn't play to the bands strengths as I saw them. Mainly, I was bemoaning the shelving of the band's best Nick Zinner-dominated, legend of a guitar slayer moments, some of which would eventually pop up on the Is Is EP. Now, faced with a third LP mostly devoid of any shredding, whatsoever, it's sort of funny that I should be so enthusiastic. But the album succeeds primarily on the increased development [...]

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