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Is Is [EP]

Yeah Yeah YeahsAudio CD
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To cut a short story even shorter, Yeah Yeah Yeahs formed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when Karen O (vocals) and Nick Zinner (guitar) stumbled upon one another in a New York bar. They wrote some pretty acoustic folk songs together before the lightening bolt realization struck that they could, conceivably, be the best rock-n-roll, art-punk, disco-sleaze whatever-you-wanna-call-it band in the ... Read more in Amazon's Yeah Yeah Yeahs Store

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  • Audio CD (July 24, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: 2007
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: EP
  • Label: Fontana Interscope
  • ASIN: B000R7I3FA
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,718 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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At a mere 17 minutes, Is Is packages Yeah Yeah Yeahs' decibel-heavy mood swings in an ideal serving size. Written primarily between the band's debut full-length, 2003's Fever to Tell, and the 2006 follow-up, Show Your Bones, the five songs here boast the best of YYY's pounding bravado, lyrical raunchiness, and–-yes–-sometime vulnerability. Like PJ Harvey fronting Liars ("Rockers to Swallow"), or the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde sitting in on a White Stripes session ("Isis"), singer Karen O moves from the sonic blitzkrieg of "Kiss Kiss" to the almost tender verses of "Down Boy" with elastic facility. Guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase remain the serviceable, occasionally inspired rhythm section they've always been, but as usual, Yeah Yeah Yeahs could be called "The Karen O Show," and no one would know the difference. Released at a stage in YYY's career when many young, ubiquitously hyped bands round the bend and head for obscurity, Is Is signals a drum-tight trio standing on the cusp of lasting stardom. --Jason Kirk

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2007 EP from the New York Post-Post-Punk trio featuring five 'new' studio tracks! This EP was recorded in a whirlwind one day in New York and features songs written on the road while they toured Fever To Tell. Three of these blistering tracks previously appeared on their live DVD Tell Me What Rockers To Swallow but this is the first time any of them have been recorded in a studio. Five tracks: 'Rockers To Swallow', 'Down Boy', 'Kiss Kiss', 'Isis' and '10x10'. Dress Up.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bridge from Fever to Tell to Show Your Bones October 16, 2007
By Zombie!
Format:Audio CD
This EP is fantastic and totally worth your time and money. It captures the raw live energy of the band and oozes awesomeness. More tribal and primative than Show Your Bones, but more glossy than Fever to Tell, this EP is a perfect place even for a new fan to start their love for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, say... if they don't want to shell out for a full album.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Into my life... August 23, 2007
Format:Audio CD
If you want to be strict about it, "Is Is" is not new material.

It was originally recorded waaaayyyyy back when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were touring their debut album "Fever to Tell" for the very first time. So it's got the freshness of new material, with the gusto of their frenetic frenetic post-punk here -- it feels like you're going on a nighttime rampage with these guys.

It opens with the thumping intro of "Rockers to Swallow," a volcanic punk ode that seethes with screaming, roaring riffs and smashing drums. "Tell me we're rockers to swallow/Tell me we're knockers to bite/And out of the beats of tomorrow/Tell me what beat fills the night!" Karen O shouts in her raw voice.

It sounds like a a night out at a really dirty, crazy club, which makes "Down Boy" -- all grimy riffs and trembly keyboard -- sound like a breather. They extend their sound further with the driving rock'n'roll anthem "Kiss Kiss", which seems to be about a threesome ("We're three we're three in the dark tonight/And baby my snake is a shark tonight").

And finally "Is Is" winds up with two very dissimilar songs. First it's "Isis," a stately confection of ringing riffs and pulse-like percussion -- it's a good song, but it only breaks loose at the very end. And it finishes with "10x10," a blazing rocker with bubbling electronic edges.

"Is Is" was apparently recorded during a very tough, emotionally turbulent period in the band's history, back before they proved that they were here to stay. Maybe it's because they were touring, but "Is Is" sounds like a wild'n'crazy night out -- drugs, sex, fast driving and maybe smashing somebody with a guitar.

Most of the instrumentation is simple, even if the melodies aren't -- Nick Zinner sets the tone with guitars that twist, screech, loop on themselves, and smash ahead like a thunderstorm, while Brian Chase does some really dazzling jazzy drums as well as his usual smashing ones. A could songs even have some trembling, shivering keyboard.

In this EP, Karen O is... Karen O. What can I say? She has a voice that can scream raw howls at you, then turn into a torchy croon ("Down... down, boy, down!"). And she can sing the songs about dismembered lovers, seaslines and "rockers to swallow" with the rage or pensiveness they require, but always with gusto ("10 X 10, 3 X 3/Was the house that buried me/Did I really drown?").

"Is Is" is a richly rambunctious nugget of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' solid post-punk, and it's about time we finally got to hear these great little songs. Definitely worth getting.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars great older songs, finally recorded. July 24, 2007
Format:Audio CD
The songs on this EP were written during the Fever to tell tour and often tested at many of those shows. Having had a rough, early demo version of "Down Boy" for some time now, it was great to hear a polished, finalized version of it on this EP. The sound here seems to be somewhere between Fever to tell and Show Your Bones. Zinner is a throwback to what was great about indy music in the 80's and early 90's. His style is so unique and original I often wonder just how these guys are making it in the mainstream. Seems a band this good usually wouldn't last in today's constantly changing face of what's "hip". But they're doing it quite nicely and deliver the goods on this 5 song EP. Show Your Bones easily brushed off the curse of the sophomore slump, and once again, the band shows no signs of slowing down on this release either.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Is Is -Yeah Yeah yeahs
I loe this record just like I love all their recoeds. Innovative. Rock. As you listen to the music they have released rom the 1st to the most recent, you hear the progesssion in... Read more
Published 7 days ago by leevon
4.0 out of 5 stars short but good
Very short album (as far as the number of songs) but I thought all songs but the first one were very good. Read more
Published 6 months ago by alex
5.0 out of 5 stars It's an EP, but so good.
When I like a musician or band, I will collect the discography down to the EPs, its just my way of collecting music. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Marcus
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I have become a big fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's
The diversity and intensity is in each album and they are great to listen to for working out, running, or just wanting to stay... Read more
Published 14 months ago by nbvwfan
5.0 out of 5 stars What is the definition of double is?
You're on your own here, Chester. I'm just airing out my wings, filing my nails into fine points, cleaning out the chambers and shining the boots. Read more
Published on February 14, 2010 by Automated Message
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection
I'm tempted to say it's a crime that these aren't the five most popular songs of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs career, but that's not quite right. Read more
Published on January 30, 2010 by E. Kutinsky
5.0 out of 5 stars There's passion here folks........
I am new to this band. I read some interesting reviews so
I picked it up. The first listen was just kinda noisy. The
second was too. Read more
Published on November 11, 2009 by fiftysomething
4.0 out of 5 stars Essential YYYs
On a long-forgotten hunch I ordered the Yeah Yeah Yeahs self-titled debut EP before it was released in the U.S. Read more
Published on March 12, 2009 by Gregory William Locke
4.0 out of 5 stars Yeah Yeah Yeahs Recover Old Songs
The latest release from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a mere five song E.P. that is somewhat reminiscent of their pre-Fever to Tell output. Read more
Published on April 20, 2008 by Tom Birkenstock
4.0 out of 5 stars Short but Sweet
This EP from Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a bit harder than their Show Your Bones album. I prefer their edgier rock sound in this album but these songs easily fit into the rest of their... Read more
Published on February 29, 2008 by B. Coker
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