Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
(Interscope)
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ third studio album has already been garnering a mixed reaction from the online community, with many of the band’s hardcore following unsure about its electronic leanings. With a large dollop of synths and beats added to the mix it’s certainly more dance-oriented than Fever To Tell or Show Your Bones and is, well, kinda like the band promised: it still sounds like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, just…different.
Things start off on a high, with the now familiar ‘Zero’ and the supremely catchy ‘Heads Will Roll’, and true to form, Karen O stomps through most of the album with her trademark swagger. That said, it’s the softer side of It’s Blitz! that really surprises, with highlights including the sublime ‘Hysteric’ and the mesmerising ‘Little Shadow’, although the five-minute ‘Skeletons’ does get a bit wearing.
O & Co. have been accused in some quarters of straying into already over-populated territory, although where those Kaiser Chiefs comparisons are coming from, State doesn’t know. While it certainly strays a little from their punk-pop roots, It’s Blitz! has enough genuine quality to keep dragging you back for just one more listen. Nuff said.
this deserves a better rating! its a 9/10 album
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