New Yeasayer LP To Drop Feb. 9

Longtime Blurt faves make long-awaited return; also do the Guggenheim next week.

By Fred Mills

Just announced: the second album from New York's Yeasayer. The album will be titled ODD BLOOD and is released February 9 via Secretly Canadian. See the track listing, below.

The scoop: "First brewed in the frosty hills of Woodstock, NY at the Marotta lair, then transferred to the steely sweeps of NYC, ODD BLOOD took many layers to finalize, but with all things Yeasayer the outcome is spectacular.  Filled with Yeasayer's own take on pop pleasures and experimentation, the band has once again carved its own path through that ice cold glacier that is modern pop/rock."

As you might imagine, we at BLURT are pretty excited about this. 2007's All Hour Cymbals was one of that year's best and it made it into our personal top ten. Anyone who's seen the band live knows how riveting they can be too - unlike other blog-hyped outfits (hello, Vampire Weekend!), this group delivers the goods.

Meanwhile, the group just wrapped up a UK tour with Bat For Lashes, and next Friday, October 30 Yeasayer will play the Guggenheim Museum in NYC and "promises an extravaganza of excitement" that includes expanding its lighting gear in the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda "to create a more interactive affair."

Lotsa ancillary details to be had here:

http://www.yeasayer.net
www.twitter.com/OddBlood
www.myspace.com/yeasayer

Track Listing:

1. The Children
2. Ambling Alp
3. Madder Red
4. I Remember
5. O.N.E.
6. Love Me Girl
7. Rome
8. Strange Reunions
9. Mondegreen
10. Grizelda