- Record Label: [self-released]
- Release Date: Jun 28, 2005
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Universal acclaim- based on 350 Ratings
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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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PatK.Aug 30, 2008Peter W You have no heart or soul... his voice is perfect for this music/album. This CD is AMAZING.
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TomWJul 4, 2005Best album of the year. Don't believe those who are turned off by all the buzz around these guys. You don't need pitchfork to know that this album is wonderful.
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DrewKOct 7, 2005
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MikeEJun 30, 20051 part David Byrne, 1 part Neutral Milk Hotel, and a dash of Kings of Leon. Give it three solid listens while your "cool" friends tell you how great this album is and you'll come around.
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RyanRJun 30, 2005This album is amazing. So happy and full of emotion. It sounds like everyone and you hear so many influences, yet, it sounds so original and fresh.
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BreatheJul 1, 2005Nice album!
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franksJul 14, 2005Do I even need to say why?
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GraysonAJul 17, 2005This is wholly solid indie rock, combining the influences of many, leaving new listeners with something about as original as can be found in a world of copy cats.
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KJJul 5, 2005
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erikeJul 6, 2005upon first listen, i was unimpressed. after 2 to 3 listens i came around and i am now addicted to this record, definitely along with the national one of the best of the year. if you do not like this album, you'd probably appreciate the new weezer or another crap U2 or coldplay record.
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syazuanrAug 1, 2005much needed wake up call to all those sleeping rock giants!
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mahaAug 23, 2005New York bands come, New York bands go, some deserve more than they got, some are just pretty and consequently are launched as NME coverkids. But this lot, oh my! Exciting stuff, cant wait to hear what comes of them-lets hope they arent lost within the myriad of New York scenesters that never quite are...
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CarlYAug 6, 2005Wonderful. Took a while for me to warm up to it, but it's really a great record. Don't wait--act now!
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JimSSep 7, 2005
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PedroLJan 14, 2006All song are great! (well... except #1 :P).
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DavidHMay 5, 2006In my humble opinion, the best album I've heard in years.
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MihaiVSep 4, 2006It took me almost a year to get into it, but now I'm hooked.
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RossJNov 10, 2005A sweet, cathartic and life affirming album.
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peegeeDec 1, 2005i initially thought the singer would turn me off to the album however, all of it together, it ends up being quite beautiful.
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GuigongDec 20, 2005Un disque qui est arruivé sur ma platine au hasard d'un achat spontané en magasin et un plaisir immense à savourer cette pop marquée d'influences 80. Grand disque!
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camdenlOct 22, 2005pretty cool how they sold the copies themselves through word of mouth. this album gets more intriguing with each listen
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dugdugOct 25, 2005This album knocks it out of the park. It is impossible to overhype it. I've had it for a month now and I still can't go three days without listening to it.
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paullOct 27, 2005
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BenecioZDec 9, 2005By far the best song heard all year, The skin of my yellow country teeth, simply awesome
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FrancesAOct 5, 2005I love this band. Such a fresh, new sound, makes you want to get up and groove!
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erinOct 7, 2005i listen againandagainandagainandagain
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RodolfoZ.EJun 30, 2005It´s f**in´ great. CYHSY show us that good music don´t need a famous label or a big marketing. Good music goes all around the world for itself.
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hughmJun 30, 2005There is a lot of Byrne to the vocals, which take a bit of getting used to, but overall an excellent album, with a great rhythm section.
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rubberrubbyJul 10, 2005rubbish!!!
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ScottBJul 15, 2005Amazing.
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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.