The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new album, did you know? It's Blitz!
Here's my dilemma.
After reading
our review
and listening to It's Blitz! a bunch of times, I was nervous that Karen
O might just be the weakest link this time around. Lets be honest, the
lyrics in a lot of their new tracks are terrible. Sometimes beyond
terrible. I mean, "
Shake it like a ladder to the sun, makes me feel like a mad man on the run" is bad, but it's not even the worst lyric in that track!
To contrast, the other two pieces of this NY three piece are über amazing on this album. Conundrum!
Despite
Nick Zinner looking like a man that hasn't uttered a single word in
years and the fact that he's so close to the wings he's barely even on
the stage when they perform, he's still six different types of
brilliant. (FYI he once
drew me a picture.)
So
when you've got Brian's drumming and Nick Zinner's everything and there
is so much good between those two alone, I began to wonder if Karen O
just has zany outfits and good hair?
AND THEN I WATCHED THEM LIVE VIA YOUTUBE.
You
almost don't know who to watch. Between the drum fills, Zinner's broody
stance and Karen O standing center stage like a NY art rock goddess,
it's hotter than that day in summer when Toby
got his gear off and ate a schnitzel.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll / Zero live at Later... with Jools Holland
And it's the same watching them on perform
Letterman and
SNL. (So amazing even Paul Schaffer (!) refers to her as, "rad".)
Crisis over people, because the moral of the story is, I got goosebumps. As soon as she even
breathes into the microphone you can't help but fall in love. Swoonsville: population, me.
She is by no means the weakest link! She's hot and sassy and I can't wait for them to tour. Again.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Honey Bear at The Forum Melbourne 2006
By arielamazing, TheVine