Clap Your Hands Say Yeah just announced that they will have a new album out January 30th. Included are a bunch of songs that they’ve been playing live, including “Some Loud Thunder” and “Satan Said Dance”, which is available on their myspace page. I saw them play those and wasn’t really crazy about them (I do like the crazy blippity-bloppy intro to “Satan Said Dance”), but I am excited that they’ve included “Underwater (You and Me)”, a song that was once featured on Alec’s now dead Flashy Python website. My first reaction is that it sounds awfully different from the first album. But it still sounds like CYHSY, so we’ll see.
They are smartly offering the album in a pre-sale deal where you can download from Insound and then will receive the CD when it is released, instead of just waiting for it to get bootlegged before the release date. Funny how none of the major labels have thought of this strategy yet…
: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Underwater (You and Me) :
: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Love Song No. 7 :
I think you’re right, it does sound quite a bit different. I am surprised that both of the songs they posted are very plodding. Obviously, there is a lot going on musically (esp. Love Song), but I think Alec’s version of Underwater was more bouncy. I think the dancey happy side of CYHSY’s music is what everyone loved about them. Seems that is what they are going away from. I really liked the live versions of ‘Satan’ I have heard. This sounds like a bad remix. I’m starting to think they spent too much time fucking around mixing the record, and am certainly not as excited about it than I was 2 days ago.
KCRW played “Love Song” about 30 minutes ago. its amazing how these guys have the music world in the palm of their hand right now.