Review: Fragrant World//Yeasayer

Reviewing records of bands such as Yeasayer is often a losing battle if you’re trying to appease everyone’s opinion and save someone the hassle of actually listening to said record themselves. This is something attributable to the subversion that Yeasayer’s music undergoes during the writing process, making any lines of reference or distinction near impossible to generalise about. All the better for it I say. Fragrant World, as the title might... Read More

Yeasayer: Album Scavenger Hunt and UK tour dates

  Yesterday Yeasayer released information on an internet wide scavenger hunt to find the youtube vignettes that accompany the eleven tracks on new album Fragrant World. The record is released later in the month on Mute Records and looks set to be one of the most interesting of the year, in our humble opinions. The endeavour Yeasayer have undertaken in this hunt is called PSCYVOTV (PREEMPTIVE SELF-COMMISSIONED YEASAYER VORSTELLUNG) and displays the... Read More