Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down

It’s been a duller world without the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Despite their close association with the heralded New York rock scene at the turn of the century, Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase had very little in common with The Strokes et al in terms of attitude.

Where Casablancas and co. radiated traditional rock star cool (sunglasses, smoking etc), O and her bandmates found their natural home in exuberance and showpersonship.

Of course, with her trademark leather jackets and fingerless gloves O made her own version of cool, but the definition of what makes something ‘cool’ is for another time.

In the two decades since, Yeah Yeah Yeahs have kept that reputation and built on it. Despite a paucity of albums (Cool It Down is only their fifth and their first in nine years) they’ve largely delivered on that promising start, unlike many of their peers.

Even if the albums in that time haven’t been to everyone’s taste, they came with a cast-iron guarantee of at least one classic single – ‘Gold Lion’, ‘Zero’ and ‘Sacrilege’ (among others) will have to make room in their club for the latest entry: ‘Burning’.

Built upon the foundations of a Motown piano loop, impatient strings and snarling, intermittent chords from Zinner, it’s a wonderful piece of indie-gospel rock.

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