FEATURED RELEASE FRIDAY (FRF) Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz!

So, the past couple weeks have been busy for me, so rather than two weeks ago, this marks the first Featured Release Friday article.

Today's featured release is...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

It's Blitz!
Released: March 31st, 2009

Well, here we are. Three years since Show Your Bones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' mellowed out (compared to their debut Fever To Tell) sophomore release, comes It's Blitz!. Much like Show Your Bones took YYYs sound in a different direction, bringing in quite a bit of acoustic guitar and all but dropping the in-your-face, we'll kick your ass attitude that was apparent in the sound of Fever To Tell, It's Blitz! yet again brings some new definition to the name Yeah Yeah Yeahs. From punching each other in the face (FTT) to apologizing for it (SYB), now the YYYs believe it's time to dance. The first single, "Zero" sounds like the band found all their Tears for Fears and New Order albums, popped in The Breakfast Club and channeled their memories of the '80s to write this one. It's difference than what we've heard from YYYs on any album or EP prior, but it's a good thing, I think. The second track "Heads Will Roll" starts off with some synth organ/string sounding chords and Karen O comes in a few moments later with "Off with your head/Dance 'til your dead/Heads will roll on the floor" then proceeds to go into a full-on dance song. The song has potential to be a Pop hit, if not for Karen O's vocal style, Nick Zinner's raw guitar and Brian Chase's interesting touch in the drum beats. The next few tracks mellow it out a bit, especially "Skeletons", which has Karen O comforting her love with the words "Love, don't cry/Skeleton me." Although, I must say, I rather enjoy "Skeletons". The album then picks up again after that with "Dull Life" which is a bit more reminiscent of Fever To Tell, yet does somewhat sound like it was left off of Show Your Bones. A couple tracks later, we come across "Runaway", another song that starts of pretty slow, but picks up a little near the end. "Dragon Queen" is a catchy track that will have you moving, definitely. The last couple tracks of the album are pretty good to come to a close. The very last track "Little Shadow" is another slower one, but a good one to end the album with. If you want, you can pretend you are the "Little Shadow" as Karen O and gang close out with "Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?" Why, yes, Karen O. I will.

Overall, I enjoyed the album, but am the kind of person who waits for YYYs to return, not completely, but at least somewhat to the hard-hitting rawness that was most of Fever To Tell, but that's not to say I am not going to enjoy this album until their next effort.


So, I'd recommend you go buy it, or at least borrow it from a friend and see what YOU think of it.

Aural Life score: Ha...tricked you. I don't rate albums.


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