Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (country, rock, favorite song, album)

hookers with machineguns · 01-17-2006, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by benbrignell

Who out there is into "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah"?

These guys are excellent, have been compared to Arcade Fire.

There are several tracks for download as well as some tracks from Flashy Python and the Body Snatchers, frontman Alec Ounsworth's side project from the link below

Cool. The two songs on that site for download happen to be my two favorite CYHSY songs.

TheBig3 · 01-17-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LedZepStu

4 out of the 5 members live in brooklyn, which is in new york, in case you dont know.

Im about a 3 hour drive from there, of course I know, I didn't say the songs were completed in Boston, I said they were from there.

IndiElectronica · 01-18-2006, 05:02 AM

fav bands from NY include Radio 4, LCD Soundsystem, Fishcerspooner, Elefant, Stellastar, Ambulance Ltd and Interpol to name a few...

seen all of them live except Radio 4, Elefant and Stellastar (but seeing Stellastar in a month)

franscar · 01-18-2006, 08:16 AM

Apart from the opening track it's a pretty decent album. Can't see the Arcade Fire reference though, seems like typical lazy journalism.

Sneer · 01-18-2006, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by IndiElectronica

fav bands from NY include Radio 4, LCD Soundsystem, Fishcerspooner, Elefant, Stellastar, Ambulance Ltd and Interpol to name a few...

seen all of them live except Radio 4, Elefant and Stellastar (but seeing Stellastar in a month)

ive seen stellastarr and they were abysmal.

IndiElectronica · 01-18-2006, 01:35 PM

even 'my coco'?! can't wait to hear that live...

Sneer · 01-18-2006, 04:06 PM

i'll give you that, and to be fair i dont think they themselves were particularly bad, the sound system though was dire.

IndiElectronica · 01-19-2006, 10:37 AM

ahh.. that would make it crap.. I'm seeing them locally at a small, but loud venue.. hopefully sound will be ok

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-03-2006, 04:33 PM

Finally heard the album today even though I bought it about 2 weeks ago.

As if by a total coincidence the last album I listened before playing it was 'The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads'.

So it`s probably fair to say I would have liked it more had it not been for that.

Expletive Deleted · 02-03-2006, 04:38 PM

I don't really see the Talking Heads' comparisons aside from the voice, but I love CYHSY. Awful live, but still a really good band.

As an aside, I really like the opening. When I first heard it I was hoping the rest of the album would be a little different then your run of the mill Indie Rock. I was a little disappointed that it wasn't, but I still like it.

01-18-2006, 05:02 AM	#13 (permalink)
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01-18-2006, 08:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
franscar Honky Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 665	Apart from the opening track it's a pretty decent album. Can't see the Arcade Fire reference though, seems like typical lazy journalism. __________________ Franscar is metal. You are not.

01-18-2006, 01:35 PM	#16 (permalink)
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01-18-2006, 04:06 PM	#17 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	i'll give you that, and to be fair i dont think they themselves were particularly bad, the sound system though was dire. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

01-19-2006, 10:37 AM	#18 (permalink)
IndiElectronica Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 657	ahh.. that would make it crap.. I'm seeing them locally at a small, but loud venue.. hopefully sound will be ok __________________ Check out my Radio Station at: http://www.indielectronicaonline.com

02-03-2006, 04:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Finally heard the album today even though I bought it about 2 weeks ago. As if by a total coincidence the last album I listened before playing it was 'The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads'. So it`s probably fair to say I would have liked it more had it not been for that. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-03-2006, 04:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
Expletive Deleted Dancing Machine Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,108	I don't really see the Talking Heads' comparisons aside from the voice, but I love CYHSY. Awful live, but still a really good band. As an aside, I really like the opening. When I first heard it I was hoping the rest of the album would be a little different then your run of the mill Indie Rock. I was a little disappointed that it wasn't, but I still like it.