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- Summary: The first new full-length studio release in nine years for New York City indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs features a guest appearance from Perfume Genius.
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- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 25
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Mixed: 3 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Oct 6, 2022Across ‘Cool It Down’, Yeah Yeah Yeahs remain true to their roots without making it sound like a nostalgic grab for previous glory. ... It turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2.0 is exactly what 2022 needs.
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Sep 29, 2022Cool It Down is a masterwork of lush production and catchy melodies that work off of one another to create a colorful and textured album that makes the 13-year wait worthwhile.
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Sep 26, 2022Whereas previous YYYs albums are built on thrills and speed, Cool It Down drives us with its almost manic instrumentation at every corner, subdued and despondent pleas in its lyricism, and an intoxicating, frenetic energy.
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UncutSep 26, 2022Space and darkness area constant among these eight tight songs, but there’s also plenty of punch. [Oct 2022, p.36]
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Sep 28, 2022It’s their shortest album to date – just eight tracks, with a little over 30 minutes for a running time – and, as with Mosquito, there’s less emphasis on Zinner’s incendiary solos now, in favour of a smoother, synth led sheen. When it kicks into gear though, they still sound magnificent.
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Sep 29, 2022Yeah Yeah Yeahs spend some of Cool It Down’s sharpest moments citing and deconstructing their influences with refreshing candor. ... But every now and then, her reliable lyrical workhorse hits a brick wall.
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Sep 26, 2022Cool It Down is topical without getting too deep, and fun without overstaying its welcome, but even for a band as mercurial as YYYs, it feels a little too ephemeral.
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Dec 30, 2022Top ten record of 2022 and possibly the best YYY album of all time. Classic.
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Oct 1, 2022Valió la pena esperar 10 años, los YYYs regresan en su lado más maduro, experimental y serio desde It's Blitz!
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Oct 1, 2022
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Nov 2, 2022Yeah Yeah Yeahs fetzt und weckt den ganzen Hasenstolz, wie man heutzutage sagt. Karen O hat soviel Energie, dass man Angst hat sie explodiert.
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Oct 3, 2022
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Dec 15, 2022Good atmospheric album.
Timelessness prediction: 5.
Good beat but made with rough and aggressive tune. Not timeless. -
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Sep 30, 2022Not my favorite YYY album, but this sounds very focused and mature. A lot of the songs are intimate bangers, and I can´t wait to hear them live!
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