Yeasayer - Odd Blood - Electronic Indie Rock LP
LP

Yeasayer - Odd Blood



Label: Secretly Canadian – SC210
Format: Vinyl, LP
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Includes coupon for Free MP3 files
Country: US
Released: 2010
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Indie Rock


Tracklist


A1 The Children
A2 Ambling Alp
A3 Madder Red
A4 I Remember
A5 O.N.E.



B1 Love Me Girl
B2 Rome
B3 Strange Reunions
B4 Mondegreen
B5 Grizelda


US trio Yeasayer are musical magpies, cut from the same colourful cloth as acts like MGMT or Santogold. "Odd Blood" is their sophomore record, comprising catchy jittery electronic Pop with a myriad of influences.


The woozy "Strange Reunions" has a Middle Eastern feel as does "Madder Red" (with a hummed wordless chorus), while the psychedelic clap-filled ballad "I Remember" is remniscent of "Animal Collective". At 10 tracks, no two songs are alike. Their debut LP was beautifully fractured psychedelic Folk/Pop, and they retain their strong sense of melody despite the change in style.


Other standouts are the Radiohead-style "The Children" (with eerie vocodered vocals and clanking beats), the tribal-sounding "O.N.E.", the progressively trancey "Love Me Girl" (my favourite), the bouncy "Rome" with stabbing syths & the experimental ballad "Grizelda".

Let's get to the really good songs. I loved "O.N.E.," because it was just something you could make a hit record out of. Forget Ke$ha, who should never have stayed at #1 for that long, and listen to real pop should-be hitmakers.

"Ambling Alp" was also just as good. A highlight here, with such beautiful sounds and lyrics.

"Madder Red" was pretty weird, but really good.

Among other highlights on this masterpiece are "I remember," "Rome," and the awesome "Love Me Girl."



Yeasayer - Madder Red





Yeasayer - I Remember

This is so beautiful




Yeasayer - O.N.E.





Yeasayer - Rome (Live April 9, 2010 at House of Blues, Houston, TX