Karen O has described ‘Under The Earth’ as the band’s take on roots reggae and, while the end result bears little relation to that description, its otherworldly, subterranean groove is a diverting left turn. Not that this sense of familiarity is a particular cause for complaint – far from it, as on their day the band do leftfield guitar rock as well as anyone.Įlsewhere, the trio display a keenness to move outside their comfort zone and experiment. In the same vein is ‘Slave’ a dark punk-disco attack with Chase battering merry hell out of the drums and Zinner pulling his customary slabs of noise from the guitar. A case in point is the title track, its raucous, sheet-metal guitars a throwback to the band’s earliest work. Much of the album is classic YYYs, from the raw, guitar-led grooves to Karen O’s full-throated, singular vocals and cryptic, occasionally arresting lyrics. The answer – and apologies if this sounds like fence-sitting – is: everything and nothing. The question is, in the face of these various transitions, what has changed musically for everyone’s favourite NYC boho art-rockers? Drummer Brian Chase has, through the simple mechanism of growing both his hair and beard, transmogrified into Warren Ellis of the Bad Seeds. Guitarist Nick Zinner has taken time off to indulge his passion for photography.
Singer Karen O has moved to LA from her native New York, and then come back.
Ten years on from their garlanded debut, and four years since their last album, much has changed for Yeah Yeah Yeahs. By Neill Dougan 0 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
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