Regarding Music: April 2009

About Me

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

I'm currently working as an architect with a software consulting firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area. I grew up in the Los Angeles area, so I'm pretty much a Californian at heart (although I did spend several years in Boston, just to see what snow was like). My latest hobbies are photography and playing the guitar, although I'm a little bit ambitious and tend to always juggle several new hobbies at once. I hope you enjoy my thoughts!

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

New Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

The new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album (It's Blitz) came out last week, and it is absolutely amazing! Half of the album is a fantastic synthesis of 80's New Wave gloss and dance with their raw punk side. It's got sheen plus bite! A surprisingly logical evolution of their sound. The other half of the album is some of the most beautiful and lyrical music that they have come out with yet, along the lines of Maps, Turn Into, and the other sumptuous slow songs from albums previous. The last song Skeletons is especially amazing in this regard. The Deluxe Edition of the album contains four acoustic versions of songs from the album, including one with a string quartet accompaniment. Highly recommend you check it out.