CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH

'Clap Your Hands Say Yeah'

Props are 'Hot-lanta' bound towards my compadre GVD, for the heads up he provided me on a relatively new band w/ a name as interesting as the music they perform. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH seem to be based out of NYC and their self-titled debut is proving to be both refreshing and adventuresome. Versus following the recent trend of paying homage to 80's new wave and post-punk bands like The Cure and Gang of Four or the more mainstream Duran Duran, CYHSY go the artier way of David Byrne and the Talking Heads.

Granted, it's not a complete regurgitation of the Heads sound, but the multi-faceted composition bouncing around from stripped down to cacophony, Byrnes-esque jerky vocals and more intellectual lyricism make it the best comparison out there...throw in some more modern musical touches and there you be. Whatever you want to call it, I like it.

Right now, it seems you can buy their debut CD exclusively at gigs and their website HERE or check them out by downloading the following tracks so kindly offered up on the same site: In This Home On Ice Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood Over and Over Again (Lost & Found). Enjoy.