Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

[Eikman]

so, can someone explain this to me? an animal collective rip-off with a shite singer? a couple of brooklynites stuck on lsd? the part of the polyphonic spree that didn't end up in the madhouse?

worst record i have listened to in months.

[ceramic'cow]

you miserable old bollocks. i liked it.

[Eikman]

you like piercing your eardrums too, don't you? :)

[BeautifulBurnout]

I can't stand the voice.

The guitars are fine but - ewwww. That voice makes me want to bang my head on the desk to make it stop. :eek:

[Eikman]

these days it's cool to have a "weird" singer. you can tell everyone it's "expressionistic" and "arty" and get a high rating on peeforkmedia

[Dirty0900]

Aint heard much by them, arent they this years apparant big new thing?

[Strangelet]

Honestly how are they any different than any other band from the wash of indie music out there on the recommend board of urban outfitter stores?

Get your superman logo blue tee, your brown ben sherman pants and pick your favorite.

[Eikman]

Aint heard much by them, arent they this years apparant big new thing?

that's why i'm posting this, i don't get the hype at all....

[Kein]

The mass media always gets a hard on for indie bands with good production values.

I like the CD. However the guys voice does take some getting used to. However on the songs that they blow. They blow hard. I.E. The last minute and a half of the last song on the cd.

[mmm skyscraper]

They're so 2005. :D

They're ok. Probably the most hyped up band I every got a cd from that was mailed from the lead singer's house. I like the music a lot, don't really pay attention to the vocals (yeah it can be hard not to!)

random Talking Heads mention

[BeautifulBurnout]

random Talking Heads mention

Yeah - I think that is what the guy is maybe trying to achieve, but he is trying too hard and ends up wailing cacophonously instead imo. :(

[groovypanda]

this was one (of many) fave albums from last year

i know his voice grates with some people but i like the energy in their tracks and at least they different to a lot of other bands out there

well worth checking out in my opinion :)

[Eikman]

at least they different to a lot of other bands out there


being different and trying too hard are very close to each other

[Emmet]

only heard one of their tracks so far and wasn't that impressed.

[winjer]

Got this album about 6 or 8 months ago and absolutley fell in love... it got nonstop play for awhile and still finds itself crawling back to the CD player on a regular occasion.

When and where did this start getting hyped? I'm pretty out of tune with the pop culture machine...

[Eikman]

getting a 9.0 (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/clap-your-hands-say-yeah/clap-your-hands-say-yeah.shtml) on pitchfork is pretty much a hype (also: music mags etc.) ;)

[crank]

Eikman-
Listen to it 5 or 6 times and then tell me "the skin of my yellow country teeth" doesn't stick in your skull like bubble gum.

I'd say they sound like early REM at some places with a bit of Talking heads thrown in for good measure. Don't forget Micheal Stipe can't sing worth a crap either...

crank!

[GforGroove]

so, can someone explain this to me? an animal collective rip-off with a shite singer? a couple of brooklynites stuck on lsd? the part of the polyphonic spree that didn't end up in the madhouse?

worst record i have listened to in months.

:D Thanks you !
it's soooooo bad...
Odd enough (or boviously enough) is a bomb in Mexico. ugh..!!

[mmm skyscraper]

They need more hand clapping and yeah saying.

[Strangelet]

I like them. Its actually useable music. But I know that my taste is nothing more than playing favorites from a large group indie bands that don't deserve a large amount of distinguished praise or heated ire either way.

Diamond Night's Popcicle, however, really begs for a cleansing of the scene. Listed as one of the recommended albums of 2005 off the Urban Outfitters website, its the worst dregs of Eddie Money and Loverboy style 80's rock. I hated that shit then and I hate it now.

[Tom]

I really like the record too.

Eikman is a poo.