Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito (April 16th)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a trio from New York fronted by Karen O, the band have never been frightened to experiment, and the new album, the fourth studio release from the band, is no exception to this with Karen O describing it as their attempt as a soul record.

The first single and first track of Mosquito is 'Sacrilege,' a distinctive Yeah Yeah Yeahs song and a great opener, it has gospel tints and is indeed very soulful. The title track of 'Mosquito' shows why Karen O has evolved into an indie icon with her experimental vocals and Nick Zinner's artful guitar lines add to the overall sound. The album is filled with a very Yeah Yeah Yeahs sound and successfully mixes pop beats with more original vocals and energetic rock sounds. 'Buried Alive' features James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem) and 'Dr Octagon' (aka fellow New Yorker and rapper 'Kool Keith,' the self-acclaimed inventor of 'horrorcore'), he adds surprisingly well to the song and his style compliments Karen O's to great effect, the song also showcases how the band can vary in their performance and not produce the same sound all the time. The album finishes with the lo-fi 'Wedding Song' where the previous pace of the album is slowed down and comes to a satisfying conclusion. 

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have created another great selection of music, it features a lot of their distint sounds, which due to it's uniqueness and interesting aspects makes for a great album. 

Listen to 'Sacrilege' here.

I have been a Yeah Yeah Yeahs fan from when 'Gold Lion' was released in 2006, since then the band have been getting more and more critical success, with their single 'Zero' being listed as the best track of 2009 by NME and Spin Magazine. 'Sacrilege' is a great album, it has so many ideas intwined in and manages to maintain momentum throughout. Mosquito, in my opinion, is Yeah Yeah Yeahs best album yet.

Tracklist:

01 Sacrilege

02 Subway

03 Mosquito

04 Under the Earth

05 Slave

06 These Paths

07 Area 52

08 Buried Alive [ft. Dr. Octagon]

09 Always

10 Despair

11 Wedding Song