1. Eggs

   8

   CYHSY new album has the ability to make you bounce and the melodies are often creepers that remain in your head when you wake up in the morning. The keyboards bring this melodic genius to the fore and Ounsworth cements it with his own style of vocal lifts and texture. If you like what they've done before then you'll be pleased with Hysterical. There is a consistency to the album that allows you to immerse yourself in the whole album. There are no detracting songs that cause you to click the 'skip' button. The Pitchfork review seems to wish for a measurable evolution to their sound but fail to acknowledge that this album just seems to grab you after a few listens by simply being a well-crafted indy album.… Expand

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2. opiatedsherpa

   7

   The beauty of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah was the seemingly random lifts and drops of two fantastic albums, creating melodies that were wonderfully unproduced. Maybe it's a taste of irony that the album title doesn't say that about their latest album, which is actually quite pleasing to the ear, but doesn't leave the same taste in your mouth that the previous two albums did. This album is good to listen to, but its unfamiliarity shines a light into its shiny coat, which glares at you and makes it somewhat uncomfortable for the rabid fan. I'm sure more listens will calm these nerves, but I hope you know what I mean.… Expand

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3. centurysleuth

   5

   I liked each of the previous albums equally. Similar to how'd I'd like each of the first two Killers albums (prior to Radio & Rockband overuse). But this album, again, like The Killers third album, I found over-produced and less driven by vocals & lyrics. Not that I'm comparing the two bands to one another, they just happened to both have debut albums released during the same time period and each have 3 studio albums. While these albums might sound swell to an average listener of the radio or even pandora, I'd originally was drawn to CYHSY because of their indy sound, and raw feel. Now I know, that was a while ago, and they've grown. But I just don't dig this sound.… Expand

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