![]() ![]() ![]() With ‘Cool It Down’ the trio disregard expectations with ease, bursting through conjectures with tracks that make the apocalypse sound fun. In it O’s sings about how the “world keeps on spinning out of control” up against bright synths letting go, they pose, might not be such a bad thing.Ĭreating something new while standing in the shadow of a behemoth love ballad like ‘Maps’, or a timeless dance-floor anthem like ‘Heads Will Roll’ could be a daunting proposition to some. But taking the understanding of this song that far may prove a bit of a stretch. the type of dangerous drug use which is considered part and parcel of said lifestyle. ‘Different Today’ expounds on the joy and uncertainty of change. Heads Will Roll has been interpreted as some type of treatise against rave culture, i.e. In ‘Wolf’, a cinematic chorus sees her reiterating the words “into the wild” as if she’s delighting at the thought of entering untamed territory. ‘Fleez’ highlights the joy of taking risks, as O notes how “it feels nice to roll the dice once or twice” over quickening percussion. Some of the album’s finest moments feature the band optimistically evaluating the disordered state of the world around them. Later, they lean into a meditative pace with ‘Blacktop’, evoking visuals of slow-motion dancing under lightning, as O recites sage lyrics: “Oh, as I was young and easy / In the mercy of his means / Time held me green and dying/ I sang in my chains like the sea”. It’s a bold track, but the quieter moments reward a careful listener: “what you gonna do when you get to the water?” O whispers at the bridge. In the fiery dance-floor ready, ‘Burning’ the band continues to enlist space symbolism, pouring out lyrics on glowing meteors before the chorus, which samples The Four Seasons’ ‘Beggin’, kicks in. The band were a clear winner of Meet Me In The Bathroom, Lizzy Goodman’s explosive paean to the 00’s New York rock scene, and the whimsical – but influential – ‘indie sleaze’ Instagram account. Since releasing ‘ Mosquito’ in 2013, O, Nick Zinner, and Brian Chase have spent their time focusing on their personal lives, solo projects, and resurrecting their 2003 debut ‘ Fever To Tell’ for a string of nostalgic tour dates. Produced by fellow Brooklyn art-rock experimentalist, Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio, and featuring Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas duetting lyrics on the impending climate collapse (recruited for the song because “Mike really has a bit of Bowie in him”, says O), the opener acts as a warning shot of what’s to come from the raucous New York City band’s first album in nearly a decade. From the measured instigating lyrics ( “Cowards, here’s the sun / So bow your heads”) to pressure building drums, the track shies away from any chaotic and cathartic relief fans of the band are accustomed to. The expansive lead single from Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album, ‘Cool It Down’ bypasses the expectations of the band’s typical explosive track formula. According to vocalist Karen O, the pulse-slowing synth epic, ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The Earth’ was a byproduct of evoking David Bowie in the studio and tapping into his “frequency of artistry”.
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