I have been listening to almost nothing but Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for close to two weeks and I still haven’t come up with anything adequate enough to describe this band. All I can say is they put a smile on my face.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah make me happy. So happy I have actually clapped my hands and said yeah a couple of times while listening to their self-titled debut. Not that they named the band with that in mind. The five members saw the phrase on a building in their hometown of New York City and since they needed a name, they figured it would work. It’s just a happy coincidence that their music is a new wave, pop and indie rock mish-mash set to danceable (and hand-clapable) beats.
So that’s it. I just wanted to share. Also, the lead singer sounds like David Byrne. Which raises the question(s), if you are blessed/cursed with a singing voice like David Byrne’s, do you exploit that? Or does that become a hindrance since that is the first thing people will hear? What if you absolutely hate David Byrne but the more you try not to sing like him the more people recognize the similarity? Is that someone’s version of an existential hell? Ahhh . . . so many questions, so little motivation to answer them.
Stuff to Sample: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's "In This Home On Ice" "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood" and "Over and Over Again (Lost & Found)"
Leave a comment