- Record Label: [self-released]
- Release Date: Jun 28, 2005
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Universal acclaim- based on 350 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 298 out of 350
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Mixed: 27 out of 350
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Negative: 25 out of 350
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peterwAug 8, 2007great music but cursed by the familiar indie music problem - an appauling singer. i dont usually mind if soemone cant sing but this guy seems to want to rub your nose in it until you tear to CD in half. if they could get a singer less influenced by, i dunno, that pretentious twat from pere ubu, they could be on a winner. as it stands id give it 8 for d music and zero for d vocals.
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cleopatrajSep 28, 2005Amen Jefferson L!
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JasonCJul 14, 2005umm... kinda boring... generic indie hooplah... dont see what all the fuss is about?
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JustinROct 9, 2005Overhyped. Verrrrrrry overhyped.
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ryanfAug 1, 2005Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is a very boring and had no shelf life, it looses all of its very little charm quick. It is only egarded so highly because pitchfork rated it so highly. Sleater-Kinney and MIA have released music much better this year.
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GarrettSSep 21, 2005No one will care about this band in a year. HEY LOOK, IT'S MORE TRENDY INDIE ROCK! Some of these songs are decent (in that fruity, "wow why the hell do i find myself liking this" kind of way), then the singer starts in and completely blows them to crap. This one gets my vote for Comedy album of the year.
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paultAug 10, 2005Sorry, it's just not a good album. The vocals are annoying at best.
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tonywAug 10, 2005totaly shit...
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chrismAug 5, 2005boring, unoriginal muisc. a singer who cannot sing. easily the most overrated piece of crap indie rock has produced in years.
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JeffersonL.Sep 25, 2005
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SeanWNov 15, 2005Crap your hands shove it down your throat.
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rubberrubbyJun 30, 2005rubbish!!!
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GarrisonJul 11, 2005All Hype. Arcade Fire have talent and a good name. These guys probably paid pitchfork off. The Hold Steady and The New Lows are my choice for 2005. Decide for yourself.
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ragJul 13, 2005clap you hands say yeah: ouch.
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JCSmithJul 13, 2005Diet Radiohead. I just don't get it. I tried. I agree with The New Lows. Their FREE EP available at their site delivers. Hey...they even got a decent name. Props to bands with good names...and good music!
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whbJul 6, 2005After all the hype, I expected the precious whine of an overly ironic and hip indie band. I wasn't too far off. This record sounds like Gordon Gano ripping Thom Yorke melodies, but dressing it up in every current indie cliche and trend. It took no courage to make such a frivolous and obnoxious record as this.
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400lb.teenagerAug 9, 2005When will the crud-eating indie rock community stop embracing such derivative and retrogressive bands like this one? Oh wait, they're from Brooklyn, they must be good.
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CreativeTornadoSep 18, 2005I'm a huge indie music fan... you won't find No Doubt on my iPod, but don't believe the hype of this disc. It's extremely pretentious and simply unlistenable. the vocals are freakin' grating (and not in a good way), the songs are boring, the production is very "now". Nothing new. Save your money.
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JakeMSep 12, 2005
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Awards & Rankings
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CYHSY’s songs ring of The Bends-era songwriting, but loungier, more playful, more comfortable in their own skin.
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The record is consistently, remarkably strong.
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If there are complaints to lobby against this remarkable debut, they lie mostly in its sound-quality. Namely, it sounds like what it was: self-recorded and self-released.