Recorded in LA with producer Squeak. E. Clean and mixed by Alan ‘sonic cathedral caretaker’ Moulder, the first single from soon-come second album “Show Your Bones” finds NYC’S YEAH YEAH YEAHS returning with confidence, intent and sass all gloriously intact but with a distinctly more direct and (shudder) commercial spring in their stride.
But then when it sounds this irresistibly anthemic, then why not flaunt it? Because – based around Brian Chase’s lunkheaded, “We Will Rock You”-style caveman beat, Nick Zinner’s Keef-ish acoustic riffing and Karen O simply oozing charisma as usual – “Gold Lion” is a swaggering, in-heat beast of a tune which is surely set to become a looming presence in rock’s densely-populated jungle.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer of course, but if the YYYs have a cache of these in reserve, then they’ll soon be making mincemeat of those ‘difficult’ second album clichés. That result sounds odds-on at this juncture at least.
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