I'm just passing the time until Edward Cullen's mine

6.3.09

"My best friend Lesley said, she's just being Miley"

Is this the worst lyric ever?

Anyway here's something odd for your ears ... The Mae Shi covering said Miley Cyrus song.



3.3.09

This suddenly completes me, this suddenly completes me ...

I had my reservations about It's Blitz, the new LP from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. First single "Zero" is like nothing they've done previously, very very synthy and un-Yeah Yeah Yeahs like - it's taken a few listens for me to like it, but I now find it rather funking good (although weak as a leading single). "Heads Will Roll" is a whole other story, a frantic rollercoaster of a song which screams for the dancefloor - I can only imagine how it'd sound live. The middle three tracks are all beautiful - "Skeletons" makes me wish I still lived in Scotland, while "Dull Life" (my personal favourite from the album) is the most reminiscent of their past two albums sees the album at its rockiest point. "Shame and Fortune" follows to lead into the remainder of the album, which includes the beautiful "Hysteric", a song to outMaps Maps.

It's Blitz is almost Blondie-esque, mixed with the kinda indie dancefloor stuff which conquered last Summer and the soul of Karen O to keep you in the know that you're listening to a Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. There are some moments in the album where you miss Nick hammering away on the guitar and "Soft Shock"'s a bit shit but aside from this I have no complaints. It's not just Show Your Bones they've topped, in my opinion they've outshone Fever to Tell.

Album of the year so far.