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Since the release of their critically acclaimed 2007 debut All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer has been around the world and back again. While their first record was conceived in total artistic isolation, constant touring forced Yeasayer to finally engage with their contemporaries. If All Hour Cymbals was Yeasayer's attempt at global and ambient cultural mash-up then their new album, ODD BLOOD, takes place in an off-world colony sometime after the Singularity. Glimmering reverb haze is eschewed and replaced by a cavalcade of disorienting pitch effects and flickering ectoplasmic wisps.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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US trio Yeasayer are musical magpies, cut from the same colourful cloth as acts like MGMT or Santogold. "Odd Blood" is their sophomore disc, comprising catchy jittery electronic Pop with a myriad of influences.
The woozy "Strange Reunions" has a Middle Eastern feel as does "Madder Red" (with a hummed wordless chorus), while the psychedelic clap-filled ballad "I Remember" is remniscent of "Animal Collective". At 10 tracks, no two songs are alike. Their debut CD was beautifully fractured psychedelic Folk/Pop, and they retain their strong sense of melody despite the change in style.
Other standouts are the Radiohead-style "The Children" (with eerie vocodered vocals and clanking beats), the tribal-sounding "O.N.E.", the progressively trancey "Love Me Girl" (my favourite), the bouncy "Rome" with stabbing syths & the experimental ballad "Grizelda".
Otherworldly and highly infectious!
The woozy "Strange Reunions" has a Middle Eastern feel as does "Madder Red" (with a hummed wordless chorus), while the psychedelic clap-filled ballad "I Remember" is remniscent of "Animal Collective". At 10 tracks, no two songs are alike. Their debut CD was beautifully fractured psychedelic Folk/Pop, and they retain their strong sense of melody despite the change in style.
Other standouts are the Radiohead-style "The Children" (with eerie vocodered vocals and clanking beats), the tribal-sounding "O.N.E.", the progressively trancey "Love Me Girl" (my favourite), the bouncy "Rome" with stabbing syths & the experimental ballad "Grizelda".
Otherworldly and highly infectious!
13 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By D. Casey
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I was a late comer (last summer) to "All Hour Cymbals" but I love that album and was really looking forward to this one. I have been desperately trying to like it since Tuesday and I have to be honest: this is nothing like the previous album and a huge disappointment. There are some catchy songs, but I cannot name one that comes close to having the staying power of nearly every song from the previous album. Worse still, I find about half the album just bad. I have no doubt it will appeal to a broader audience as much of it is probably pretty danceable and hummable, but it does not capture the subtle almost Sung Tongish grace of much of previous album. While "Cymbals" was reserved, subtle, catchy and beautiful, this is up front, in your face and sounds like it was produced for Top 40 radio play (I say that more in feeling rather than as a general judgment of the bands purpose).
I know musicians progress and often that progression leaves us yearning for the old while we learn to appreciate the nuances of the new, but in this case Yeasayer has progressed in a direction that I just cant get into.
I know musicians progress and often that progression leaves us yearning for the old while we learn to appreciate the nuances of the new, but in this case Yeasayer has progressed in a direction that I just cant get into.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is totally new wave. It's just remarkable. Yeasayer blew my mind with their first album. Literally. I could not think for an hour, just trying to realize what I just listened to. This one is a little more clear. It's totally Eighties pop music. It's just groovy and new-wavey.
Let's get to the really good songs. I loved "O.N.E.," because it was just something you could make a hit record out of. Forget Ke$ha, who should never have stayed at #1 for that long, and listen to real pop should-be hitmakers.
"Ambling Alp" was also just as good. A highlight here, with such beautiful sounds and lyrics.
"Madder Red" was pretty weird, but really good.
Among other highlights on this masterpiece are "I remember," "Rome," and the awesome "Love Me Girl."
In conclusion, buy this album or I will put a bumper sticker on your car saying "I don't listen to real music. I suck and have no life in the real world. I am stuck in what's popular and not what's good."
Let's get to the really good songs. I loved "O.N.E.," because it was just something you could make a hit record out of. Forget Ke$ha, who should never have stayed at #1 for that long, and listen to real pop should-be hitmakers.
"Ambling Alp" was also just as good. A highlight here, with such beautiful sounds and lyrics.
"Madder Red" was pretty weird, but really good.
Among other highlights on this masterpiece are "I remember," "Rome," and the awesome "Love Me Girl."
In conclusion, buy this album or I will put a bumper sticker on your car saying "I don't listen to real music. I suck and have no life in the real world. I am stuck in what's popular and not what's good."
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
about 3 good songs
This album is pretty good. There are about 3 solid songs on the album though but they are good enough to get you through the not-so-great songs.
Published 4 months ago by Thomas S. Maddux
5.0 out of 5 stars
Two Cheers (and One Thumbs-Up) For Yeasayer
A recent analysis in Scientific Reports revealed that -- it's true -- all popular music these days sounds the same. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mark Eremite
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album/
definitely worth buying, Yeasayer has a great feel in this album. Plus awesome album art work, and music worth listening too.
Published 18 months ago by Roarbaa
5.0 out of 5 stars
Trippy, strange, and delightful
I don't think you have to look much further than the album cover to find that this is one strange group of musicians. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ihvahn
2.0 out of 5 stars
Brooklyn hipster sound meets WHAM!
If you liked "all hour cymbals" because it seemed to come out of nowhere, you will hate this album because it sounds like everybody else. Read more
Published on May 10, 2011 by S. C. Brandl
4.0 out of 5 stars
Weird! But Good!
Never heard of this band before and saw their album cheap on Amazon so I downloaded it thinking I didn't have much to lose. Read more
Published on April 2, 2011 by Ryan A. Gard
5.0 out of 5 stars
It Grew On Me Very Slowly
At first listen I was embarassed that I purchased this. Who could enjoy such hippy-tripping crap like this? Then I listened......and listened some more. Read more
Published on February 17, 2011 by Tyler S.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Half Great, Half Hipster Cheese
Do I hate this record? Would I play it with windows down and "normal" people within earshot? Is this just the latest in a long line of post-Pitchfork flavor of the month bands? Read more
Published on January 13, 2011 by Gregory William Locke
4.0 out of 5 stars
Do it
If you are thinking about it just do it. It is a good listen. If you don't have any Yeasayer I would start with "All Hour Cymbals".
Published on January 3, 2011 by Crimson Fan
3.0 out of 5 stars
A solid effort, but a little depressing
"Beware the sophomore album" was the first piece of advice I ever received from a music critic. The maxim holds true for Yeasayer's second album. Read more
Published on November 12, 2010 by Chris
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