Fever To Tell

Not my cup of tea

Some of the chaotic vocals I was not a fan of but other songs were decent.

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It was listenable.

The first half of this sounded like a White Stripes album. The second half sounded like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In conclusion, pretty good!

Alright I guess.

decent

This album ushered in the indie sleaze era. This is the pinnacle of my formative years as i was 15 when this came out. Meet me in the bathroom!

La mina canta muy bien, y me gusta mucho su voz, y ya está no hay mucho más. Todo el disco depende de la vocalista, no hay casi nada más que agregue valor, pero igualmente es bastante bueno y divertido (sobre todo la primera parte). Todas las canciones están más o menos bien, no hay ninguna que sea mala, como tampoco hay ninguna que sea un bombazo. Me decepciono Maps, vi que todos decían que era una gran canción, pero a mi me pareció a la altura de todas las demás, no entre ni en un top 3 creo.

I love a squealer

4 stars for Maps, but I have to agree with Angie's take on this: "It's screamy"

Of that wrack of American garage bands who the British press said would save guitar rock at the turn of the millennium - White Stripes, Strokes, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs - it is grossly unfair that Jack White should have become the elevated figure. The drums on Fever To Tell are better than any White Stripes record. The guitars more interesting than White's old-timey schtick. The singing more genuinely eccentric than White's contrived yelping. And the songwriting - equally blockheaded in both camps, but at least you can dance to Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It is easier to elevate Jack White to rock star, because he can execute his one idea by himself. No one member of Yeah Yeah Yeahs is exceptional by themselves, but they make a charming noise together. There are many complaints on this site about how British music is over-represented. Well, the American redemption rock is clearly over-presented: no White Stripes albums deserve to be here; It's Blitz, which we've already heard, doesn't need to be here. If that strange bleak moment in the early 00s needs to be represented - and completeness says it does - then Fever To Tell is the only thin we need. 3 I wondered whether I had left anything unsaid about Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Fever to Tell when we did It’s Blitz a while back. I reread the review there and I did forget one thing. I think the drummer is very good too. 3/5

Some confrontational punk pop driven by the provocative and sometimes charismatic Karen O yelp. The slower sweet ones are way better--Maps is a classic--but the album is otherwise a bit monotonous and messy.

Karen O is the driving force here. “Maps” is stellar and there are a few other standouts, but also some more mediocre fare.

D:

This was fine but sometimes the vocals were a bit grating

like it! Still sound fresh, should listen it more to catch some of the songs, none of them were memorable at first listen

Never really listened to this band before, but remember Maps from Rock Band. Back in college we were at a party and this girl was obsessed with that song. She’s dead now, and that’s the first thing that comes to mind every time I hear Maps.

I recognized the song Maps and kind of liked it, the rest of it was pretty forgettable.

Energy, beautiful vocals, some (some!) great lyricism. Maps being an absolute masterpiece. Some tracks needed more development but it's a debut and reminds me of being 16.

I found the vocals whiny and grating. Each song rolled into another without much variation.

I am so disappointed. I didnt like this at all. Didnt finish it. Too screamy one star

It's good. I liked the second half better than the first, I think. I was really surprised when it got to Maps, as I did know the song, but I didn't know it was by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. At this point I don't think I can listen to Maps and not think about a video online of a VR lemon lady singing the song in italian. If I'm being honest I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as It's Blitz!, which I really liked, but I think this is the kind of album and band that will really grow on me (because I difinetly plan to listen to more music by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in the future). It has already happened with other artists/bands before. That's why this album will be going on my re-listen list, to give it another chance eventually. 3.5/5

Sure, the chorus to "Maps" is really good, but not much else here is particularly interesting or memorable, just a sub-standard garage rock revival album.

Brash Raw Scattered Punk rock energy crossed with early 2000s garage rock Maps is clearly a classic - but there aren't really too many other compelling moments on the album Karen O's vocals walk a fine line between riotously engaging and obnoxiously abrasive - falling on one side of that line or the other from song to song.

Great album

Yeah thats pretty neat

I liked the songs I had already heard. I liked how raw the band is on others, but the others were a mix of hits and misses. An OK 3.

Super fun album! I like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in general, it was cool to listen to a younger project all the way through. Definitely added some to the playlist but I didn’t expect Karen O moan that much… just barely below a 4

I’m into it! Indie punk rock is very much in my interests. Not all the songs were great, but there were some that I would listen to again. A high 3 in my book. Season: Late Spring Favorite Song: Date With The Night

Not my style.

It was a good listen but nothing really stood out

Quintessential post-punk revival, blending Riot Grrl with British Invasion. Karen O gives Johnny Rotten a run for his money. 23 years later and the standout tracks are still "Maps" and "Black Tongue". Every time I listen to Maps it's like hearing it for the first time.

Honestly a blast of an album. Favorite Songs: Rich, Maps, Y Control. Least Favorite- Tick. I loved the raw, punk style. These songs would go so hard at a garage show. Maps is of course a classic, but feels different from the other songs on the album to me.

Really did not enjoy. "Maps" is the highlight by far, and that is really only a 6/10 song maybe. I liked the chord progression of Y Control and nothing else stuck out to me. Honestly pretty crappy and maybe if I was an NYC cool kid 20 years ago this would hit but I didn't care for it at all really. I've always thought the Yeah Yeah Yeahs had a lot of glazers for some not great music and the full album reinforces that.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were so cool to anyone who was there at the right time. Maps is such a good song, it’s a stick of indie dynamite written to bring an emotional end to any coming of age drama. No one else needs to write one now, they’ve done it. The album in full isn’t wall to wall enjoyment, there’s some duds. But it’s incredibly of it’s time in a great way. The 00’s were good ! 3.5/5.0 Best Song: Maps

What a massive track maps is. This isn't my sort of music, but i can definitely appreciate this album and it is a good example of the genre. I find this sort of 2000s dance/indie/whatever it is a bit tiresome but this is a decent album.

3 - I think I like the concept of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs a lot more than I actually like listening to a full album by them. A few songs are really good. Just lots of untapped potential to be something I'd love.

Noisy and energetic, but not musically stimulating. Except for “Maps,” of course, which is the first non-distortion-laden track on the album and feels like a sentimental breath of air.

I’ve heard this before and I own it. I haven’t listened to this one in well over a decade. Honestly I barely remember what this band sounds like. There are some good riffs on here and everything is really energetic, and there are some good noise breakdowns which I always like. I am remembering when this came out when the whole garage rock and post punk revivals were happening, and there were a lot of bands with no bass player or just one guitar and these guys were one of the better ones at achieving a full sound rather than just being a novelty. I’m not a huge fan of the vocals, I think this style became kinda cliched in the ‘00s though I’m not sure if there were other vocalists aping her style or she was following the general trend. This is really bringing me back to the indie scene at the time and how exciting it was outside of the garage bands that were being overhyped.

Number: 68 Date: 03/08/2026 Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Album: Fever To Tell Year: 2003 Genre: Garage rock Rating: 4 Notes: Before: Yay!!!, It's the Yeah Yeah Yeahs! I should like this. I know I have several of their songs in my favorites by yearly lists. From this particular album I have Maps ranked 6 and Y Control ranked 36 out of 47 songs for 2003. During: Hmm. I guess this was their debut album. 4 Rich 4 Date With The Night 4 Man 4 Tick 3 Black Tongue 3 Pin 4 Cold Light 3 No No No 5 Maps 5 Y Control 3 Modern Romance 3 Poor Song ------------------------------ 3.8 AVERAGE After : After: 4 - my personal rating 5 - suitability for this list 4 - relevance

Very echoey and raspy. Favourite track: Man

I didn't think I knew many songs from this album, turns out my Dad's a big fan on the Yeah Yeah Yeah's and I knew a lot of these songs from him playing them growing up! It was super fun to rediscover a lot of these and I love thier experimental, chaotic sound. Karen O carries each song with passion and an artistic flair that I just think makes this album so fun

Oooof. I like Maps. Turns out, I do not like the rest.

This was one of my favorite albums from the early 2000s!

A clear sound and vibe to start with. The songs that really grabbed me were Maps, Y Control

Gets better after every listen. I recognize maps from tiktok also.

I hear this album and I think of Scott Pilgrim vs The World. It's about sex, breakup, hookup, and more sex. I was in middle school when this album came out and it was explicitly banned for me to listen to by my parents. So I never really listened to it until now. It holds its genre of "art punk" with white knuckles and could be defined by the stereotype that goes along with it. All these years later, it's not for me. I would turn it down if someone gave it to me to listen to. 4/10

Great album, good nostalgia.

Great album.

Sounds a bit like Chrissie Hynde fronting Sonic Youth. Not a sound I would be down for every day, but I’m digging it today.

Here is an example of a female vocalist who can (and does) take control of the music, filling the space with style. Sounds like White Stripes with a female singer.

It is a bit up and down for me, there are a couple of really good alternative art punk garage rock tunes, loud and raw full of energy. Then there are a few that just fall flat for me with cheesy lyrics and no real soul. On a lot of the songs I did like I hear a some Sonic Youth and Breeders influence going on which is cool. Not something I am going to run out to buy but I will stream it a few more times.

Very good album

Maybe I’m just getting old, but this is just unmitigated noise, that at my most generous can only be described as just the clanking of instruments together. You gotta be physically or spiritually 15 to get anything out of this.

Not bad, but I liked their 3rd album, It's Blitz!, more. This is a bit more on the Punk side. Still, not bad.

fav songs: date with the night cold light maps poor song raw, garage, nervous 60/100

Incredibly emotive and energetic. And their debut! Goddamn, Karen O, no one does it like you.

ni llegue a terminar el album tampoco es que este genero me guste Demasiado pero mid totalmente, ah y el tema que mas estaba hypeando pq lo decian aca en las reviews (Maps) descubri que ya me lo habia quemado tiktok con su trend de mierda

I had not really listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before this other than the singles, very good album

Really enjoyed. Will listen to them again

druga polovica je banger

Some noisy parts on here that tickled me right

listened to again still good

Rich is not a great Yeah Yeah Yeahs song. Date With The Night is better. I like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and they have a really distinctive sound, but I like It's Blitz! better. Maps...great song and by far their biggest hit. It also apparently had some resurgence on TikTok in a fifteen second clip of the chorus. Kids are so stupid. It's got THE hit and everything else is good. It just isn't hitting me the same way.

Maps with 10x the streams of anything else on Spotify and rightly so. What an immense track that is. All brooding with Karen's dusky mumurings over the top. Let's not pretend that Karen O isn't a lot of the reason for the fandom here, but at least they have the musicals creds to back it up. Not one of my own favourite bands of the era, but I will happily accept the inclusion on the list as they were absolutely inescapable.

Is this characterized as post punk? I really love the grunge influence and you can hear the influence this had on several bands I fw today. Highlights: Black Tongue, Maps

If any of these song came on the radio, I wouldn't change the station, but if I was flipping channels and heard them, I wouldn't stop flipping.

Like a 3.75 for me. I like the back half more but I wanna keep the good vibes of this week going. Another solid album.

It's alright.

Obnoxiously noisy and not enjoyable. Would be way better as an instrumental.

It's really an art rock album with moments of brilliance like Black Tongue and Maps. This is a New York band through and through.

It is a good one, first half is pretty fun Will I listen to again: 99%

Karen Ohs vocals take some getting used to here but the instrumentals are incredible. Especially the guitars. Rewards multiple visits and maps is an all time track for me.

Love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs - really enjoyed this album - I thought I'd get sick of it somewhere there, however that didn't happen and I thought it was great

Art punk, garage rock, alternative rock, indie rock.

Great alt-rock

Kinda funny how my favorite song on this is No No No. I enjoyed the back half quite a bit more than the front, but it was still fun. Karen O's vocals are bombastic and wild, she's a great frontwoman.

guay

Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Nah Nah Nah.

Bordering on punk vibes in some songs this was a really fun album to listen through. I appreciated the few songs that were a bit slower and less frantic but the album wasn't bad at all as a whole either.

more like fever to yell

I gotta hand it to karen o.

It's loud, it's catchy, it's weird, it's controversial. I enjoyed it very much.

Most of the fem punk stuff I've heard doesn't really do it for me, but this one at least has a little more personality and flair to it

The Pretenders for millennials. 10/10

4/5 Dá vontade aumentar o volume.

loved this!!

Stéphanie connaît cette histoire. La copine de mon ami, qui travaille pour Evenko, et qui est une grande fan de Karen O nous a fait accéder backstage à la performance des Yeah Yeah Yeahs pour Osheaga 2022. Être à 10 mètres de Nick Zinner et avoir toute la foule d'Osheaga devant les yeux est quand même assez impressionnant. (Plus tôt dans la journée, Mitsou m'a dit qu'elle devait quitter le show en cours car Big Sean allait jouer bientôt et que son plan était de plugger sa fille avec. Think big.)

Ça rocke pas mal plus que je pensais! Des bouts hard rock comme si c'était led zep en 2000! Yeah!

64/100.

I must have been completely checked out during this era of music because I have never heard any of this. I don't believe I was missing anything too important.

Meh

Alt for mye stønning for meg

Favourite Songs: Rich Date With The Night Black Tongue

Classic early aughts sounds. An absolute delight.

Rae and punky, definitely can hear their established sound starting to form.

Very enjoyable! ★★★★

No, no, no

Oh my god???

fair noughties indie-punk

Meh couldn’t finish it

7/10

Punky

bangers throughout - I love this whole project, because i love being able to appreciate where my favourite tracks originate. I can hear through lines with what yeah yeah yeahs were doing, and what bands like the preatures and wolf alice were doing a decade later. while i dont love all the tracks, theres powerful rock riffs, theres vocals dripping with swagger through the radio microphone, and theres something untouchable, the same way you hear the strokes or the arctic monkeys. Maps is still iconic. but its a much deeper album than just that. I went for a run and listened to this. poor song really hit me. probably my favourite. recomended it to my friends. 7.2 rounds to a 4/5

This is quite nice to listen to. Nothing really stands out to me, but there’s nothing I particularly dislike either.

3.5

I knew Y Control before listening to this album, so I had high expectations. And I won't deny it, it was a super fun album. I got Siouxsie & The Banshees vibes from certain parts. However, I could NOT take the random noises very seriously. I can only think of some 38 year old woman named Brenda who squeaks or screams when she sees a puppy😅 Would listen again, 4.5/5

Heard of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs a lot but never actually listened to them before. This was pretty good.

It's a five for me, dawg

Meh Meh Meh

4.5⭐️/5 01.29.2026

Maps is the saving grace. Otherwise no. Mercifully short.

pretty mid, one good song. Didnt hat but also won't listen again

Top notch album, definitely my favourite of their albums. Shame Maps was the single that took off and not Pin or Y Control, each to their own though!

Indie/garage rock with a punk bent. Not much special on Rich Not much throughout to blow me away in fact Y Control has a disco-ish drums, track is like an anti-Blondie! Modern Romance is a nice slower number. Best track - any.. say Maps, Y Control 3 stars

Love this band more then I thought. Very good 👍

I mean, I've heard Maps and it's a great song, but I had no idea the rest of this album was so effing PUNK ROCK.

An album that feels like a bullet. Some of the songs are same-y at the outset. The end add a lot of diversity, though. Ultimately, it kicks ass.

A chaotic and fun album that blends some touches of garage, indie and punk rock. The songs from "Rich" to "No No No", both of them included, are all a combination of very lively and eccentric tunes. The guitars can be quite heavy and noisy with a really nice and strong distortion; and they can also be a bit melodic, but they always bring a lot of energy. The vocals are very weird, unusual and very in your face, with Karen O sometimes doing bizarre noises with her voice, which add a lot of personality. In addition, "No No No" has a very noisy, maybe even experimental, second half that separates it from the rest. Unfortunately, I wouldn't say to that it is a good thing, as it doesn't really do anything. I just wanted to point it out. From here, the album takes a more melodic and sentimental shift. After "No No No" comes the biggest cut of the album, "Maps", which got a lot of attraction as a meme in 2024. It is the most memorable song of them all, with the guitar being very melodic and the singer's voice feeling quite vulnerable and sad, specially when compared to all the previous tracks. The songs that follow also do have a similar tone, with "Y Control" just being a bit more energetic and "Modern Romance" being the slowest track of the record, but without being as striking as "Maps". There is also the secret song "Poor Song", which falls in the mellow category, but doesn't really add anything to the whole experience. Overall, a decent, creative and fun album. I can't say it was mind blowing or as explosive as their album "It's Blitz!", but still great experience.

See, this album is hard for me because I liked their album It’s Blitz so much that this one doesn’t measure up to it. However, that album wouldn’t exist unless this one was there for it. It’s a Godfather 1v2 thing. This album is a good foundational album showing the strength and the sounds of this female driven alt rock band. It feels like they’re getting a feel for themselves and moving from garage rock into something bigger. Thinking about it in the context of 2003, I can’t think of any other band that they sounded like, which makes it historical and revolutionary. I liked the song No No No because it felt very punk but I also like this song, Modern Romance, which slowed the album down and made it more personal. I’m not sure how many of their albums need to be on this list but so far Yeah Yeah Yeah.

Random thoughts: * Maps is one of the best songs of this century and I adore it. * I've listened to this album before and while I like the YYYs this never hit like other indie albums of that era. Maybe it is a little too punk for me. * It's not bad it just doesn't have that "je ne sais quoi". * Anyway, happy to see this one on 1001, it's just not a classic of that era beyond the song Maps.

Very early highschool introduced to this album, nostalgia and loved sharing it with my family. Not in the mood with the murder in Minneapolis of Alex pretti.

Eh other than Maps it's a pretty boring rock album

Maps is a classic, the rest is okay

Mostly decent. Middle third lost the way a bit.

It was fine.

Favorites 1. Rich 9. Maps 10. Y Control 12. Poor Song

I just recently had It's a Blitz. And this one is much better. Not mine kind of music, but that energy and enthusiasm in both music and singing is just appealing. Some nice hooks too. While I don't like indie/alternative, this album somehow manages to avoid most of the things I don't like about these genres, so it's a nice surprise. Won't return to blitz, most likely will return to this one.

Great stuff. Has that early 2000s feel to it. Evokes the feeling of a start screen for a skating/racing video game from the era. Probably not everyone's cup of tea; it's "stupid", but in a fun and genuine way.

I saw them open for the White Stripes around when this was released. Great band, fun album.

Some tracks I liked and some uniqueness, but enough tracks I just disliked

They call it garage rock because it sounds like a tool bench falling over.

I really enjoyed this album. The band sounds great and Karen brings it every song. A high energy romp!

No private session used for Spotify. I have this CD around here somewhere and it got a lot of play. I loved this album especially Karen O's voice and energy.

This is definitely in my wheelhouse stylistically. I listened to this a fair bit when it was new. I feel like some of the lesser tracks on here didn't age super well. Some of this is really stellar though (Maps, Y Control, Pin). This isn't a timeless classic or anything, but I would put it on again in a heartbeat.

I really loved the exuberant vocals and noisy yet melodic cacophony of sounds throughout.

Their best album for me.

Second album proposé après 'It's Blitz!' que je n'avais pas vraiment apprécié (noté 2/5). Celui-ci me parait un peu plus brut et dynamique, et l'album est court. Par contre je ne suis pas fan du chant. Pas sur de l'écouter une seconde fois. =>2/5

This didn't exactly start well because my immediate thought on the first riff of the first track was "wow this is irritating". Really hate the vocals, genuinely just unpleasant to listen to for the most part. Plus there's a few bits where she's cringily singing the guitar/drum track? Other times she's largely just literally screaming or moaning. Oh and of course it has the irritating studio recording bits thrown in too. Would actively avoid in future.

the indomitable youthful spirit is the foundation that allows all the weird squeals and high slurring vocal inflections to feel fitting on here. i love me some twinkly dreamy guitar tones but this is one of the few exceptions where i'm glad they stayed low all the way through. the melodies are catchy, the attitude is infectious. all i could wish for is some longer songs and a little more punch in her voice when she's really shouting on tracks like "Date With The Night" Highlights: Rich Y-Control Black Tongue Maps

Standouts - Rich - Very solid start! Inteersting vocals, easy riffs and a good groove even a bit of feedback here and there! 💗 - Date with the night - The breakdowns where they gunk up the mixing is so fun I'm in love... - Cold Light - The ending of this song with the crunchy riffs and varying experimental sounds made me very happy.. - No No No - Generally fun song throughout and I lost myself in the atmospheric/experimental ending I can't help but jam to every song the energy in her singing is so infectious. This would have been so fun live. Love the low, nosiy guitars and I love they play with mixing quality of them to great effect. I think this band would have suited some longer songs. The ending few songs are calmer and I appreciate those have their place in albums but they don;t use any of the other sounds going in on in this album. Just because a song is slow doesn't mean you can't do experimental/noisy things in them! High 4

Best album by a great band

Meh. 3 stars

Interesting. 3 *

Maps had a bit of a resurgence this past year due to TikTok complete with a dance. I only know this because as the song came on the radio, my teenage son knows it & the little dance. I'm like: How do you know this old song? He is like: TikTok. So I guess thats a good thing to hear about a song having a second chance. This was a surprise for me as I've only heard Maps & a cover of Highway 61. This was a frantic ball of indie punk energy. Her voice is slightly annoying & slightly arousing with a slight hint of punk Bjork. Why do hit singles tend to sound like they are from another planet? I've noticed it since I've started The List. It can be frustrating at times. 4

YEAH YEAH YEAHS q nome lindo FAVS (top 3): date with the night, tick, y control mençoes honrosas: rich, man, pin, cool light, maps GENTE ESSE FOI UM DOS MELHORES ALBUNS Q JA OUVI ATE AGR AQUI MDS EU REALMENTE PRECISAVA OUVIR ESSE ALBUM ANTES DE MORRER SERIO MT BOM MEU DEUS; é o album do WAIT they dont love you like i love you kkkkk >//< nota final: 5/5

Opzich wel leuk, maar niet helemaal m'n ding

Surprised I missed this one in 2003, surely this was from about 2011? Mostly very average noise with a couple of great tracks.

Going from the opening track to Maps was a crazy journey. I am not a fan of noisy punk rock, so I didn't super enjoy the first half of the album. However, I appreciated the energy behind the vocals and the loud instruments. I wish I liked it more.

They Don't Love You Like I Love You 1001 Albums Generator 206 (1/15/2025) Ah, Rock Band 1. My first introduction to Yeah Yeah Yeahs was playing through Maps on that game, and I always have really liked it, but I've never intentionally listen to anything else by them. Turns out, they are quite a punky little outfit. The opening Rich has a deceptively nice little instrumental at the beginning, but Karen O doesn't hide the facade for long and starts to do this raspy wail (that I honestly really love) before the song explodes with distorted guitars, drums, and heavy bass. This is the album with Maps? Maybe they'll ease themselves into it. Nope! Date With The Night and Man are each more aggressive than the last. Now, unfortunately, I find that Karen O's eccentricities get a little bit tiring for me at times, starting with Tick. Her constant interjections alongside some annoying guitar work make for a bit of an annoying song. However, I really like Pin. It leans a bit more into some melodicism that I was expecting on this album. No No No is the longest song at over 5 minutes, and it is way too long and boring. However, Maps is of course a total classic piece of indie, and Y Control is a fantastic example of the punkier side of this band done at the highest level. Fever To Tell was a hell of an opening statement for Yeah Yeah Yeahs that has more good than bad, but definitely has some aspects I don't love. 3.5/5, rounded down to 3. Favs: Rich Maps Y Control Least Fav: No No No

Better than 'It's Blitz'. This album has a lot more attitude, and the noisier approach fits the band well. Not for me though.

No tan malo como el anterior pero igual no me gustó.

Rockcito bien de los dos1000. Arriesgado, distinto. Tiene la canción que se hizo viral en tikitoki uwu

I really expected to hate this but...

Modern Classic. 5/5 no notes. Favorite lyric: “boy you’re such a stupid bitch and girl you’re just a no good dick.”

Rambunctious

It's the early 2000's and there is this quirky girl that is kinda nerdy, but kinda hot. Picture tank top, pixie cut with just the right blend between rebellious and safe and she invites you to a local dive to hear her band play. This is what that sounds like.

Maps was an ok song that got a decent amount of radio play. Otherwise this album is pretty forgettable. Some of the vocals and riffs are downright grating too.

Overall, this album is pretty raw. Maps stands out and is honestly one of my favorite random songs from a band that I don't listen to consistently. It was a pretty fun listen.

Maps is a stand out. The album felt quite chaotic and raw to me which can either be good or bad thing. I wasn't a massive fan of it in this case.

Undeniably good, with one incredible song, "Maps."

This was a surprise for me; I had honestly never heard of them and judging a book by it's cover, I was pretty sure I was going to hate it. I didn't at all. I actually liked it a lot. The sound and the vocals are raw, for the most part, and I dig the high energy of the first half. Strangely enough, "Maps" is the song everyone else seems to dig and being one of the more polished numbers, it's my least favorite track on the album. A super-shocked 5 stars; this album effing rules!

Meh. Did not need to hear a 2nd album by these guys (and gal).

Definitely some middle of the road and overall pretty generic Indie Rock/Punk music. That’s for sure. Has all the traits of an album that is just kind of cookie cutter, and was mostly a good listen, but I’m going to forget about it in a few days time. For being the bands debut album, it’s not bad though. Few skips on here, notably the last 2 songs I don’t love listening to on repeat. But the singer has a pretty good voice that never got tiring to listen to besides when she starts singing softly, again only at the very end of the album. When it really wants to, this album can end up rocking pretty hard. The problem with that though is it doesn’t bring anything new or interesting to the table and always comes across as just another generic sound that doesn’t get elevated into anything very special or interesting, a kind of similar sound in which I’ve heard over 100 times already during this project. I get it man, it’s hard to be unique in this genre, especially considering how many of these albums are vying for my attention. Despite that, this still sounded good enough to me to say that despite not being unique, I very much enjoyed my time listening to it. It’s also only 36 minutes long, which is a pretty awesome length, and a bit surprising for a debut album from 2003. I would have expected this to be a lot longer than it actually is. To their credit, I have heard of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before. If my memory serves me correctly, “Maps” was one of the first songs on the original set list for the game Rock Band 1, which also happens to be on this album. “Heads Will Roll”, of which I’ve only ever heard the remix of, is also very good, but is not on this album unfortunately. A few tracks stood out to me here, my favorite of the bunch this time being “Black Tongue”, but “Rich” was also a really good opener as well. I actually how bitchy and vitriolic “Black Tongue” comes off as, it really gave me kind of a chuckle. Yes, it was very Punk, but also kind of funny as well, if that makes sense. I don’t know if that was the intent, but regardless I enjoyed it a lot. This is the first of 2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums I have rolled for this project, and I’m very interested to see how they progressed over time. Would I return to this? Actually, yeah. I think I would. Yeah Yeah Yeah I would. Terrible joke, I know. I had to do it.

The album is saved for me by the songs Maps, Y Control, and Modern Romance. Otherwise, I found it to be an album that was not for me. I see this album recommended often and I don't fully understand why. I love their album "Cool It Down" and wish that one had more awareness.

65

Raw and energetic garage rock revival with a serious lack in overall songwriting and catchiness. 5/10

Genuinely couldn’t get into this at all. I don’t like her voice and the whole vibe actually agitated me

Feel dumb saying this but I didn’t know they sang the tik tok trendy song hahah but another solid punk emo band - enjoyed just not something I would actively choose

This was pretty ass for 90% of it. Then the last 3 songs were pretty good. But it's not enough to save it. I normally love really rough and raw sound/production/vocals. But most of this was just headache inducing

conhecia uma música, maps

Interesting as this is best known for Maps but the chaotic indie-disco sound is probably more typical of the album's style. I really enjoyed it. There is a slightly unhinged nature to this music, where you feel like it could go off the rails at any moment. I found that quite compelling.

I was never a huge fan but the album did pick up on the back

Energetic and fun. Definitely rocks. Bit of a whirlwind. Not sure I can sink my teeth into though, but need to listen to it a few more times. 3.65 stars.

Not for me...

I’d never previously listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I’m glad to have heard this album - I thought it was really good. I’ll dip into more of their stuff as a result.

Kind of punk-ish which isn't a genre I like much, but kind of melodic and not too raucous vocals so not too bad.

Epic, Karen O is a true rock star.

Some straight bullshit only good thing about it is that it's short

3.5

péssimo, a cantora tem um tom super agudo e fica gritando por uns 50 minutos do álbum. de resto, muito barulhento, mas nada punk

I knew Maps via a Women of Rock Sirius Xtra channel and might have heard another song or two via that channel. This was a lot of raucous fun to listen to

Just fine.

A stone cold 00s classic that reinvigorated the NY music scene after more than a decade on the backburner. Nothing artifical and zero pretension, just a great fucking art-punk/garage-rock revival.

The last good yeah yeah yeahs record

This felt like classic punk with modern attitude. I’m here for this

Ta bueno. Entretenido, y rabioso album. 6/10

It’s pretty good ig

I wanted to give this a 3.5, but no half-stars, so four it is. I liked the energy a lot, and the vocals are aggressive without feeling like she’s just screaming at me. The raw, jittery momentum mostly kept me engaged, but I did get bored during “Maps,” which is where they lost that half star.

I really like this band. Great vocals and energetic and interesting instrumentals. It took a few songs to warm up to, but once it hit Pins, I was fully into it.

WAIT THEY DONT LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU

This rips, way more reminiscent of DFA1979 and the white stripes than I expected. Love it.

Fuckin' great album. Like a time capsule for that era of my life (in my 20s) as this album was on seemingly everywhere. Gotta say it holds up. Love their heavy sound before they fell the fuck off (IMO). "Maps" was huge and still endures. "Y Control" has got to be one of my favorite songs. Classic album. Love it!

Maps and not much else for me.

No va

Definitely one of my favorites from the early 2000’s. Karen O is a legend! Easy 5

I don't have a review for this one. It played while I was busy at work, and I don't have any thoughts about it other than it wasn't terrible and I didn't feel like listening to it a second time. I guess that makes this a 3.

Fun album. I enjoy their stuff a bunch, although I think their melodies and song construction improve later in their career, this is a good harbinger of what's to come. Solid album.

Pretty cool alt punk. The strong female lead reminds me of LeTigre or the Pretenders before them. Cool stuff.

Genre: Garage Rock Revival Hey… this album cranks. I was expecting to enjoy this, or at least enjoy Maps, which I like. But man, Karen O and co. put on a damn good show. It’s impressive how much of a difference there is between the obvious single, the watered down and distilled “Maps” vs. something like “Black Tongue”, a heavy, vulgar, drug-fueled rock jam. A lot of the tracklist surprised me. I loved this. Will relisten! 4/5

Nothing wrong with it, indie chart fare.

Carried by one song, didn't love it

9/10

I want to like it but it’s a little too annoying

I don’t like modern indie that much. I DID like the closing track though. What is it with me and liking opening and closing tracks…

Only heard Maps prior to listening to this. This was a pretty good album with a unique sound.

This album came out the year after I was born (2002). It felt like a portal. As if I was some exploding star, burning bright in secret and but it wasn’t one anymore? Leaving a trace everywhere. The impact clearly there. A good example would be, when I was in middle school, often everyone would leave a scribble of “so and so was here”. Proof we existed. We weren’t allowed to in the first place really. Yet those messages would be left in the most mundane locations. In bathroom stalls, in city walls, underneath school desks, inside books, over public benches. It was a quiet act of rebellion with a sneaky smug look. A laugh at how silly it all can be. How we restrict ourselves or set each other free. This album is a commentary on this feeling. Perfect for when you’re on a self discovering journey or just in need of going off the rails. It’s never too late to just be messy and do it just because.

I didn’t realize this is where the “wait they don’t love you like I love you” meme was from I really like the lead vocalists voice she has such personality and emotion behind it

This album just shouts in your face in a way that most albums try but fail.

? YYY post-punk find ich gut. c

Hell Yeah, fun and upbeat, really enjoyed it. The best song is Maps.

Some of it was almost painful and all of it was not for me.

I've no idea if this is the album that has that one song by this band that I know. You know the one, where the singer is facing the camera and doing that thing with her face? Yeah. Yeah yeah, that one. I didn't like that thing, or the video, or the song. As such, I assumed I wouldn't like the band and went on about my day/life. I got a vibe from that song... that pretentious New York vibe. An air of superiority, while being overtly shit. Are they from New York? Fuck knows. But I'm giving this album a go now, 20 years later. Turns out this is the album that has that song. It also has a couple of other songs I remember, so clearly I'd heard a lot of this back then. It doesn't irritate me as much now as it did then. The effect on the vocals does annoy me, like she's singing through static. Her voice is very shrill too. But she makes a lot of sex noises, which is always nice. It's all very noisy, so I can see why people enjoy it. It's not my sort of noise though. The playing is too stilted and basic. Like a lot of the bands of that era, it's all cling cling cling, same note over and over again, then next note, cling cling cling over again, repeat. There were a lot of more inventive, more powerful, more exciting bands at the time but they got buried because, well, they didn't make sex noises or because the radio chose not to push them. These guys were in your face all the time. So, it's fine. Good even. Too basic and cliquey and up its own arse for my tastes. But sex noises. I'm away for a wank.

Starts with a bang, ends with a whimper. Overall a pretty solid debut.

An explosive opener with date with the night. In 2003, as a first introduction to the band, really sets the tone. I remember the year this was released, MTV did an online contest where you had to draft artists as a record producer in a fantasy football-style contest. The higher your artist charted IRL, the more points you got. Foolishly picked the yeah yeahs as my number one because it was one of the few indie or rock artists that was new and doing something that sounded so good. Obviously, they had staying power but let's just say I did not win the contest. My favorite Karen O is when she is shrieking/barking. Stylistically, though, it's not my favorite sound sustained through an album, this has highs and lows for me. Obviously maps is going to show up on best of lists all the time.

Nice. Old, Nostalgic songs

# Playlist Track - Rich # Notes - Angry-energetic-cool, most of the time. Doesn't fare too well on the slower songs and the tail end. - Great intro to punk for teenagers, tho.

Okay Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I see you. Opens with a bang bang, coasts for a few tracks, then hits you with the hits. The band has said repeatedly that it wants to be fun and uplifting; a counter-punch to the '90s heroin seriousness, and I think this delivers on that. Influence 3. Hits 4. Quality 4. Intangibles 3. This is fun punk and I love it 4.

A little all over the place but a solid album nonetheless. I think another song or two would push it to a 4, but I don't think it is justified at where it stands now.

I'd always dimissed this band in the past, for no real reason. Probably shouldn't have. I'm familiar with the singles, but the deepcuts are strong and overall this os a decent alt rock offering from the noughties. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit  ✅️ Decent★★★☆☆ (6/10)

Great punk sound. Wasn't expecting this from only having heard Maps before.

Just about steals a two as the instrumentals aren’t horrendous but my god the singing is so grating

Some classics here like Maps but the first half was really not that good, second half was very solid though

begint zeer goed, daarna begint stem wat tegen te steken... ook verkalmt de plaat wat op het eind... het was beter andersom geweest...

Quite like this one. Inspired me to explore their entire catalog.

Maps really is that good of a song. The rest doesn’t seem as full though. Decent powerpop.

It's good, but I can't help but thinking I'm missing something important in it to really make it hit.

Wasn’t sure what to expect but enjoyed this, nice early 2000s garage rock vibes. Good fun, brought the energy, cool noise from a trio.

I'll definitely go back to this one. Catchy tunes, good energy, I liked it very much.

I'm pretty certain today wasn't the best for me to get this album, though I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed it regardless. I didn't sleep at all last night as I was up with a stomach thing, so driving to work this morning I probably could have done with something "easier" to listen to. I remember when this came out and they were the "next big thing." I also remember thinking I should like them, but what I'd heard I didn't really care for. With those two strikes against it, this was almost exactly what I thought it would be. As each song progressed I couldn't wait for it to be over. Karen O's voice was getting on my nerves, and there was nothing much musically that hasn't been done a million times before. But then there was the ending run of songs from Maps to Poor Song. All of a sudden her vocals were much more enjoyable, and the band got more subtle. I can't say I loved the songs, but they were way better than the first eight tracks. One last thing that didn't help. I was listening on Spotify, and the next song that came up after the album was done was The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by The Postal Service. All I thought at that point was how much I'd have preferred to listen to that record and not Fever To Tell.

great band. i was a teenager in the early 2000s and i kind of dismissed them as part of a wave of mediocre indie rock. i was missing out.

meh

Really solid indie rock, maps is amazing

It was ok. Few good songs

Ts genuinely sounds like the kind of shit some teenager in a tv show would play in their basement and say some shit like “we’re no 1 on the charts Billy!” I prefer Reuben the understander

Pretty decent, I much prefer It's Blitz though

The song Maps is my favorite track of theirs. The rest of the album is high energy punkish sound. I like it for the most part. I bet if I heard the other songs as much as Maps, I would like them too. The quieter songs like Poor Song I think I liked more than the high energy, but it is the morning right now, so it could just be that.

Getting this sometime after "It's Blitz!" is a tad awkward. It's very raw, which is to be expected for a band's debut album in most cases. Yeah Yeah Yeahs were fully garage rock/post-punk when they broke into the scene and you certainly hear that here. Karen O has always been a firecracker as a vocalist, and this is probably the best example of that. The big single that everybody knows ("Maps") almost feels out of place here if I'm being honest. Would've been more fitting on their later works I think. The band matures their sound later in "It's Blitz!" and that is definitely my preferred album of theirs. Interesting to hear how the group got their commercial start here at least.

Some great moments but missing something I can't quite put my finger on 3.5*

If you don't like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs then we are going to have quite a bit of a problem because they were truly putting in their hearts and souls along with other acts like The Strokes, Interpol, and The White Stripes to bring back Garage Rock in full swing. This project may be extremely noisy and energetic as hell and I can totally understand why some of y'all don't get it, but man does this shit feel so good!! Also how are y'all going to rate Is This It? as one of the highest rated albums of all time but not give this album its' same deserved flowers? Yes I can totally get behind someone saying almost all of the good tracks are pumped out in the very beginning and then Maps being the real standout of this album, but even the weaker songs on the B-side like No No No and Poor Song still have a lot to offer about Yeah Yeah Yeahs more tame and intimate sides. I will gladly endorse Maps as being one of the best songs of the 2000s and still holds up beautifully to this day, also am so happy it got a bunch of love recently on Social Media because it is that stellar and worthy of love. At the end of the day this is a debut album from a band with a lot more to offer down the road, but for their very simplistic start I have to say I am pretty satisfied with everything they offered here. Nuff said!

Great stuff. I don't think I'll tire of this anytime soon.

Having only really known Maps before this, it was way more noisy and punky than I would have thought. Me likey!

Pretty good indie/garage punk. Really dig the lead singer's sound. Not good enough for a 4, but a high-end 3/5 for me.

3.5

Really loved this album, I've only recently got into Karen O. and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This is the first time I heard this album and it's great indo garage fun. (9.75) ★★★★½

I dig the intensity of the playing and overall vibe here, but is not totally on board with the singer. 3.5 stars

I think this this is a super cool album that sort of combines the two big 2000s indie rock movements -- post-punk revival and garage rock revival. The first half definitely leans into the garage rock style (and is the weaker half), but starting with "Pin", it starts to transform into to something else. Nick Zinner gets some excellent guitar tones throughout, and I think Karen O's voice works perfectly with the album's transistion from a harsh rocking album to a beautiful, ethereal album. Higlights are "Pin", "Maps", "Y Control", and "Modern Romance". Hidden track "Poor Song" is really cool too. 5 stars.

The No No Nos. If there is a Music Hell then its house band would consist of Gary Glitter and his Glitter Band supergrouped with Black Country New Road, the James Last Orchestra, Adolf Hitler on vibes, Rolf Harris on didgeridoo and Karen O as front woman with Yoko Ono writhing around somewhere in the mix.

Ever seen that video how Ted Leo does Kelly Clarkson into Maps. Naughties as. Can't believe this cam out in '03. Pretty sure we got it in' 05 in NZ. I might be confusing this with the other one but what can ya do. Cool album at the time. The big songs still rip hard. Karen-O's guest spots have always been decent since.

The best thing to happen to Punk-Rock.

299/1089 - It's like a fusion of Patti Smith (good) and The Strokes (bad) which makes for some interesting ideas and vocals and uninteresting song forms. The album started off strong but ended really weak.

Didn't feel much either way on this one

No no no is my favorite Yeah Yeah Yeahs song. Nope I lied it’s Maps.

I thorougly enjoyed 'It's Blitz' when it came up earlier on this list, and 'Fever to Tell' may just be better! Despite it being Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut record, 'Fever to Tell' packs the punch of a seasoned punk group already comfortable stirring up fun-loving chaos. Karen O's off-the-wall vocals possess plenty of charisma and charm, and given this record is the work of a three-piece, it sounds so grand and punchy. Through raucous numbers such as 'Tick', 'Rich', 'Date With the Night' and 'Maps', 'Fever to Tell rolls along like a freight train, not letting up across its entire 36 minutes. Karen O's impressive presence up front certainly drives this record, as its clear she's a true individual who's unafraid to provoke. I look at what Amy Taylor does with Amyl and the Sniffers and see plenty of Karen O's influence. 'Fever to Tell' is another solid record with some infectious modern punk. Plenty here to like! Best songs: Rich, Date With the Night, Tick, Black Tongue, Maps

Not bad but a bit too rowdy for me

It’s worth a four solely for Maps.

Fuckin heavy as dicks! I see now where Sex Bob-omb got their sound. Legitimately innovative and well produced, and the fullest guitar and drum only sound I've heard. Probably the pinnacle of early 2000's garage rock.

I liked It's Blitz but not this one.

I'm really liking the dirty guitars, and generally dirty sounding music. Reminds me of metric. Plus, Maps is incredible

Slitsomme greier.

Easy listening but it didn't really do much for it.

I definitely thought they were another overhyped NME darling at the time but probably harshly. It is possible to be really good and also overrated if you’re being rated through the wazoo when you’re actually just really good. The fizzy, punky stuff is what made their name and elevated Karen O to indie goddess status but I personally think they’re at their best on the more layered, slow burners such as Maps and Modern Romance. I don’t know who needs to read this as well but Spitting Off The Edge Of The World from their 2022 comeback album is an absolute stunner and reminder of the immense potential that earned them all that hype 20 years prior.

It's a really good album. Unexpected and unusual sound considering how little i listen to rock these days. I would listen to it again

Rocked fairly hard

man, sounds like ass

Another surprising entry, I liked it a lot but I'm not sure why I *needed* to listen to it. Just because it's a female fronted punk band? Either way, It was a fun listen, so I'm not mad.

2.5

A pretty good rock album, one of the most original of the early-2000s garage rock boom. I do think the album is lacking in guts, for lack of a better word. Only a few songs have real bite to them, and except for Maps (which I don’t like as much as most do anyway), the slower artier songs are uniformly the weaker ones. Best song: Date with the Night

no

Alright, no song stands out.

Nick Zinner makes funny noises on guitar and thinks it counts as songwriting. Karen O theatrically overemotes, avoiding vocal melodies at all costs. The fact that they and drummer Brian Chase were able to put together one coherent song ("Maps") is akin to a blind squirrel finding a nut.

While not exactly a breath of fresh air, Yeah Yeah Yeahs arrived at the right moment, when the walls were coming down in regards to what's considered hip or not and how it could impact the tastes of those who come across it for the first time. On its surface, Fever to Tell could be lumped in with its contemporaries in the indie rock boom of the time and no eyelids would be batted. However, upon closer inspection, there is a galvanizing and energetic energy that still rumbles twenty plus years on. Is it worthy of a revisit? Yeah yeah yeah! Favorites: Rich, Date with the Night, Man, Tick, Pin, Cold Light, No No No, Maps, Y Control.

Pretty cool. Comfortable rock.

Ein bisschen Punk

Run up the mill

Along with The White Stripes, The Black Keys and a few other bands, The Yeah Yeah Yeah's helped bring rock 'n roll back from near death with their garage-y, noise rock, post-punk infused debut. A fun, energetic record that starts strong with "Rich" and "Date With The Night" a rarely relents. Nice to have music in the 2000s that gets the pulse racing again.

Visionary shit from Karen O and Co. When my kid asks for "loud girl songs" this is where I go. Electronic sensibilities with three instruments. You just get the sense that this is an artist that needed this music to exist and so they did it. Love the vibes.

I’d heard a couple of songs from this record (like the immortal and moving “Maps”) but hadn’t ever listened in full. I’m glad to see that it rocks top to bottom. Great production and Karen O’s versatile, charismatic vocal performance hits the mark more often than not (it does sometimes miss). Nothing complex or overdone here - it gets the job done.

I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. This is kind of a hard indie rock with female vocals. I don't really care for it much to be honest. I don't care much for the vocals, and the instrumentation is just ok, but not great for me. Based on number of listens on Spotify, it seems that Maps is the most popular track. I could see it from the perspective that it doesn't have the harsh vocals that many other tracks have, but still doesn't do much for me. I wouldn't seek this album out again.

Probably a 4.5 so it gets bumped to 5

I really dislike most of the songs on this one. Which is a shame because I want to sort women-fronted bands. But much of the instrumentation sounds like they are banging metal trash can lids together. And the lead vocals often remind me unpleasantly of cats yowling. That said there are a couple of songs I enjoyed- Maps, Modern Romance, Poor Song. Unfortunately I don’t think those are enough to elevate the whole up to 3 stars.

Coming from the art rock / no wave revival from NYC I remember seeing them at Emo's in Austin Texas playing with two other bands who I felt better represent that sound but did not make it. If you like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and have not heard The Seconds or Ex Models you really need to do yourself a solid and get to listening to them. In fact the drummer from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was the drummer for The Seconds. This is a solid outing and good representation of that sound. The only reason I'm giving it a 4 over a 5 is because I think that The Seconds and Ex Models are better but I still like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Such a fun album!

Great debut album that still holds up. Love the guitar/bass and drumming. "maps" is stellar, but I also love the low end on "date with the night". "Y control" and "Pin" are good too, but not too many duds on this one.

Used to love them but Karen O's voice is just really annoying to me now

When I read the reviews pre-listening i thought it was going to be No No No. But post listen I concluded it was more a Maybe Maybe Maybe. So all in all to quote another song - Let your Yeahs be No and your No’s be Maybe. 2/5 16/10/25

J’ai essayé de l’écouter en lisant, ce n’était pas l’idée de l’année!

Maps is one of those songs I’d always heard, but never really listened to. It’s a gorgeous slow burn with a deeply intense and personal performance. Everything else here impresses me too. There’s incredible layers of texture in the production. This three piece packs a punch. Consider me a new fan! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

pretty good 3.25/5

The mood, educated with a short fuze. This is very alive, lots of energy, punk influenced indie rock of the 2000s. This is THE rock and roll sound I associate with the turn of the century. The stuff that was edgy when you heard it on the FIFA main menu, on the iPod ads, or the background music for that particular brand of edgy youth. It made me miss Le Butcherettes, same ballpark different league. A second listen in the evening and I start to piece together the mesh of sounds they're throwing, it's generally pretty nice, it also has some very occasional cringe. It's not perfect, but it's raw so it proudly displays its efforts. It was fun, I wanna do it again sometime. 3.7/5

The first half of this album was terrible. The second half was also terrible.

I must be getting old because all I heard was a bunch of loud noise with routine squeals from a high-pitched, oversexed lead singer. Even the slower songs found a way to make me want to jump tracks. I’m sure someone, somewhere enjoys this style of “music” but it’s not me. …now get off my lawn!!

This is clearly punk, or more precisely post-punk and it’s probably good. If I ever need to break a cabal of militant feminists out of prison, this is definitely the album I’ll put on to pump me up before the deed. Otherwise, I doubt I’ll listen to this crap again.

Totally dig this sound. Interesting band. I read, meet me in the bathroom, not too long ago and the yeah yeah yeah were a big part of the book. I gave them a listen then so i was a bit familiar going in. They were part of the same early 2000s New York City scene as the Strokes then later Kings of Leon ,The Killers, and White Stripes. They are one of the OGs in the garage rock resurgence of that era. This checks all the boxes for me. Powerful vocals, booming drums, driving guitar. Enough Punk attitude to frighten off the "normal" folks. They get a bit too experimental in spots, but fits the fearless nature of their music and makes it uniquely theirs. This is straight up in your face no apologies rock and I'm a fan.

So so rock flitting between heavier and lighter notes. It never really seemed to kick up a gear, unlike “It’s Blitz!” and there weren’t really any standout songs, but it was fine.

A band I seem to like in isolation with certain stronger songs but never dived completely in. Its decent and innovative sound with a screech that only she could deliver in a refined way. Kind of sums up the band as a bit of a contradiction. They are raw yet delivered with a certain clinical polish and precision. Sometimes too metronomic. "Man" I liked in some ways more vs the more formulaic "Y Control" but then "Tick" and "Black Tongue" let the vocals stretch more but then can be like a jack hammer so can get wearing to some extent. I struggle to review this as I do like elements of it but for me it deserves a low 4 or high 3...Probably!

This album seems to hover somewhere between great and weak rock music. It starts off heavy but by 'Man' I was less convinced that I was listening to something authentic, more like a facsimile of a heavy rock band that wasn't quite selling it. Her voice is great and musically it's all fine but it doesn't ever really pop off. The exception to this is 'Maps' which feels fully formed, original, and jumps out as an exceptional track. They are generally at their best when occupying the softer end of the indie/rock spectrum. For the most part I felt like I was listening to a good support act which might be an indication that they hadn't yet quite found their sound with this album.

Wysokooktanowy debiut napędzany crazy girl energy Karen O. Dziewczyna robi im jakieś 70% jakości, ale robi to przegenialnie. Jej ekspresyjność i energia są fantastyczne. Powtarzalność fraz, zarówno w tekstach, jak i w muzyce dodaje transowej warstwy, jakby kontrolowane szaleństwo tylko narastało. "Tick" to majstersztyk pod tym względem. Mega brudne gitary, hałaśliwa perkusja tylko dodają mocy całości. Bardzo fajna płyta, będę regularnie wracał.

Słuchałem tego w tramwaju i czułem się jakbym robił coś niegrzecznego. Jednak nie mogę pominac mojego ogromnego rozczarowania, gdy zobaczyłem że jedna z piosenek nazywa się Tick i wokalistka nie śpiewała tam w zapętleniu Dick Dick Dick Dick. Głodnemu chleb na myśli/10.