The First Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

Now I figured to start things off right I will look into a big release that many are anticipating. First listen through I was extremely disappointed for a band that I had taken a liking to with the previous album "Fever to Tell." I felt like they had left that special something back on their old album. Whether it was the vocals by Karen which had the uniqueness of seduction through almost growling noises and moans or the guitarists interesting patterns of repetition. Take it you can't expect the band to make an album a carbon copy of their previous attempt and by no means did I at all want this. I wanted an evolution of their sound, but I was also expecting something that brought some of their success into this new album. With that being said about first listen I move to the second and more listens through. From here I saw that my first listen was a half-assed pre-occupied listen. This time I sat down and gave it the chance it rightly deserved. I saw that "Show Your Bones" is by no means a bad album, although I have found less enjoyment in it than I have in "Fever to Tell." It has been slowed down and does not have as much as a feel good vibe I had been expecting. They did in fact include the elements I had hoped they had and I had just missed it before, but it was not used in I want to say effective ways to capture a listeners attention as they had done before. The vocals are not as much of a central focus as they had been and guitar has been not so interesting, but this could be just that the comparison to the new wave of indie bands makes anything hard to stand out. Don't get me wrong there are great tracks, including the single "Gold Lion" and the dancey feeling "Honeybear." And with the addition of synth to some tracks is not a bad touch, but alters the feel that the band used to give off. Call me a casualty of anticipation, but as a whole this album leaves something to be expected. The last few tracks leave feeling overall bad about the effort, but you must take it into perspective. This is an album that will be listened to many more times, but will disappear into the collection after a short time. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs hold much potential and I feel they will grow as time passes and they have some more good albums to come.

Notable Tracks:
"Honeybear"
"Gold Lion"
"Fancy"

3.5/5 - Skeet Skeet Via Hand Shit. One that you will never say no to, but intentionally asking for it is questionable.

-Scott

Previous Album:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell : 4/5 - The Shocker.

posted by Scott @ 3/01/2006 02:28:00 PM

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