Product Description

This UK issue of the self- titled debut album by the New York quintet follows 25,000 US sales through word of mouth andthe internet alone. Recorded on a shoe-string budget the album's mix of wayward indie-pop and Alec Ounsworth's David Byrne like vocals have earned the band an array of favourable reviews from the press. The limited edition vinyl only single 'This Is Love' is also included.

Track Listing

1. Clap Your Hands!
2. Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away
3. Over And Over Again (lost and found)
4. Sunshine and Clouds (and everything proud)
5. Details Of The War
6. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
7. Is This Love?
8. Heavy Metal
9. Blue Turning Gray
10. Is This Home On Ice
11. Gimme Some Salt
12. Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21722 in Music
• Released on: 2006-01-23
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Brooklyn five-piece Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are the latest word-of-mouth sensation to power their way into the mainstream. Their debut album allegedly sold 25,000 copies around the States--all packaged and dispatched from the band’s front room--before they signed a deal.

Opening with the incongruous yet compelling carnival song "Clap Your Hands!" the album unfurls in an undulating manner. The principal musical terrain is melodic indie-rock, but the band’s well-constructed songs enable them to increase or decrease the density quota with ease. Stripped down tracks like "Over & Over Again (Lost & Found)" and "Details Of The War" balance fuller tracks like "Heavy Metal" and "In This Home On Ice" and are punctuated by coy vignettes like "Sunshine & Clouds (And Everything Proud)" and "Blue Turning Gray". The distinctive, wailing vocals of Alec Ounsworth have been—justifiably--likened to David Byrne; but while their sound can be compared to Talking Heads, Interpol and Yo La Tengo in places, it’s very much their own. For once, a band that deserve the hype. --Paul Sullivan

Customer Reviews

Keep listening to it
I thought this album was awfull the first time I heard it but then after a couple more listens I got into it and now I think its absolutely brilliant.

Is this love ???
The quick and simple answer is YES ! This is a great album with a fantastic sound.

I suppose the thing everyone focuses on are the vocals which may be off putting to some but are easily as much a part of the music as any of the instruments and the album simply wouldn't have worked as well without the unique sound that is generated by them.

In a summer where every album sounded the same this one was a welcome relief & having seen these guys perform live at the tail end of last year it was nice to hear that in these days of mass post production studio touch-up's they sound exactly the same on stage as they do on the album.

Do not judge a book by its cover
I have to admit, I dismissed this band before I'd even heard their music - I initially placed them into the same pile as all those other bands with ridiculous, longwinded, clever names. Thankfully I was proven wrong.

Not an album I would ever have come to if it weren't for having read the CYHSY mentioned in the same sentence as Mercury Rev, Rufus Wainwright, Flaming Lips etc - comparisons which I can hear. Pleasantly suprised by this album - highly recommend it - particular highlight being 'Details of War'.