It's Blitz!

coffee shop music

meh

Ni fu ni fa

3.5

3.5. Their best

3/5

I like the beginning tracks, but it gets samey and there doesn't really seem to be that much depth (which i know it's not the point but it gets a little annoying). I also just don't really connect with this style of super poppy, upbeat music. I also feel like the band could make songs that are a lot better than these. But despite, all that, I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Lots of fun energy. 7/10

Amazing

Had previous exposure to this artist and notably the first two songs off this album, so I felt the opening was strong/took me right back. From there I continued to appreciate the lead singers unique sound but couldn’t say any other songs really stood out to me for the remainder of the album.

Started off incredibly strong. I love Karen Os voice and the heavy guitar. I feel like during the second half of the album, I got a little bored even though the songs were good. I just thought some of the songs were forgettable.

Yllätyin positiivisesti ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Heads will roll...good tune. Interesting album.

heads will roll is an all time classic but really only the dance till you're dead version on that one dark souls animation. rest of the album's a very different vibe; fine, not remarkable.

3,5

I don't have a ton to say about this album. But there were definitely some fun songs

This album peaks at song 2, Heads will Roll in my opinion is such an outlier on this album. No other song even comes close to matching the energy of this song. The rest wasn't terrible, but it also wasn't great. Unfortunately one thing that's become clear over the course of this journey thus far is that a single song can't carry an album. Zero, Dull Life, and Hysteric managed to buff things up a bit, but overall weren't enough to even things out across the track list. It kind felt like they weren't fully committing to either high energy or really low energy sad vibes. Just like a lukewarm level somewhere in the middle, which led to an ambiguous tone within each song. 7/10 (Heads will Roll gives a full extra point)

thought i never heard of them until the second song. if i was a British teenager listening to this when this came out i wouldv'e felt the coolest person ever. but im not. first three songs were nice. might listen again.

Nice but not my kind of music.

Not the same level as their debut, but a well put together album

I quite liked it, great melodies and production. Wish I could give 3 and a half stars but 3 stars it is.

Heads will roll is the highlight

First time listening to this album ! I think I need to do their discography. Nick Launay, the producer, did an amazing job. Homogeneous, punchy. I need to listen to it again and review properly.

funky

Yeah I mean duh I was in my second year of college when this came out so it’s like it’s fucking written with sharpie on the surface of my brain. Do I love it? I sure don’t. Will it be played at my funeral of course it will but not because I chose it. No, because the sonic waves will still be traveling through my dead veins when they empty my body of fluids during the embalming process and will echo for weeks through the funeral home. This album got me through a very important time of weekly rediscovery as I learned how to drink wrong and party wrong and live wrong and dress wrong and eat wrong and love wrong and talk wrong and be wrong. It’s so important yet so far from what I want anymore. It reminds me of my most confused and pathetic self. And at the same time it was somehow my first taste for guilty nostalgia. My Fever to Tell cd was scratched and cracked from being played so much by the time I left for college so this release was the perfect chance to grasp at some pale reflection of a culturally ambitious version of myself, ripe with individuality and pubescent-cusping autonomy. I will never listen to this album again because I don’t need to. It’s buried. It’s done. I’ve moved on. We’ve all moved on. Let’s just let it die in peace and with only as much respect as it mathematically deserves. Except for Zero. That track will live forever.

pretty nice album, "Zero" is an obvious banger here, so is "Heads Will Roll" , i also liked "Dull Life" and "Shame & Fortune"

3- Stars (7/15)

Different enough to be initially interesting but not to the degree that I'll ever actively attempt to listen to it again.

objectively good not my favorite

not offensive but nothing memorable in any way

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were such a big deal when I was younger, and I remember really liking this album back then, but time has not been kind to it. There’s still a few standouts on here, but the majority of the album sounds quite boring and dated now.

It was a nice listen, got cardigans vibes

Music from a simpler time

Preferred the acoustic tracks. Heads will Roll and Little Shadow were my tracks.

I thought I was familiar with the yeah yeah yeahs, but after hearing this I don’t think I was. I am now. An enjoyable diversion in the form a girl-fronted indie guitar music. Setting the world alight? No. Rushing back to listen again? No. Happy to pay attention next time the name is mentioned? Sure.

Cool to check out, three songs are nice, later songs are weaker, poor choice of the violinist. As an album it gets 2/10, but for the interesting music I didn't know it gets the 6/10.

Solid indie, great female lead!

Didn't blow me away but enough oomph to enjoy it

Basically the sound of the summer 2009, which was only 5 years ago...right?

A weird one this. I’ve listened to this 3 times over the last 4 days. Never a complete runthrough as I always get disturbed. I’ll be driving and reach my destination. I’ll be heading for bed and fall asleep. I’ll be listening whilst working and then work concentration takes over. 
And then I can never tell how far into the album I’ve got and I either start again or guess. I know I’ve listened to these songs more than once as I can vaguely recall each one. Vaguely. But I can’t tell you anything about the songs except that they were ok and if this was the only album available I’d happily listen. Not the most ringing endorsement. I'd sooner chose something else. But I'd listen again. Kinda beige then. And the band name sucks.

It was alright

Not my jam. Not terrible. Enjoyed the listen. However most of it rides the same pocket for the entirety of the album. Wouldn’t choose to put it on again, but probably wouldn’t change if a few songs came up on random.

Not my favorite Kate Bush Album

Love Head Will Roll, lukewarm on the rest

I had overlooked It’s Blitz after being a little disappointed by their 2nd album. Listening today though I realised my error as it revealed to me far more quality than the amazing singles I was familiar with. There’s plenty of great music on display, but it’s the vocal melodies, hooks and delivery that dominate the headlines for the majority of tracks. Probably deserves 3.5 but yesterday, I gave another NYC album, Daydream Nation a 4 when it was really a 4.5, so it’s only fair to round down here too.

Couple good ones, seems forgettable

It's OK 2.7

Like it 3/5

I dunno. I really like Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I loved Fever to Tell, and played the absolute shit out of Show Your Bones. Maps, Gold Lion, Mysteries, Date With The Night, Cheated Hearts... stellar stuff. Raw, punky, melodic with Karen O taking on an early PJ Harvey persona as the frontperson. But this is a very different Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They got a lot of acclaim for moving in this more synthy direction, but to me it felt like they'd watered down the sound that made them so good in the first place. The rawness was replaced with polish, and it felt a lot more poppy than punk. Case and point: the acoustic version of Soft Shock on the extended version of the album is INFINITELY better than the synthy version on the main album. I can't listen to Heads Will Roll at all without cringing. I'm being a bit harsh here, because there's some great songwriting present across the album. I mean, it's still Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Shout out to Skeletons in particular being a great song. But I feel this would have been a much better album if they'd dropped the synth.

There is absolutely room for a Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, I'm just not sure that this is the one. It starts off with two hit bangers including their biggest hit "Heads Will Roll," but the rest of the album falls rather flat. Influence 2. Quality 4. Hits 4. Intangibles 2. Not my favorite album, but I doubt there's room for two on the list 3.

It felt easy to listen

dull life was the best song, overall the album is okay. Also yeah yeah yeahs is a dumb band name.

Favourites: Heads Will Roll Skeletons Hysteric

An interesting mix of punk, synthpop, dream pop and modern indie rock with some original ideas and a convincing lead singer. On paper I should love it ; in reality, I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. There's just something slightly off, something I can't explain but that bothers me in some of the songs (especially towards the end). Maybe it's just not punky enough for me ; maybe it's a bit too radio-friendly, a bit too dance-oriented... Some of the loops and synth lines show real inspiration, though. It was good for a casual listen, and I salute the effort. But I'm not sure I'll come back to it. 5/10

Another perfect example of how clueless I was about the 2000s. Sure, I had seen this band’s name around before, but my total lack of enthusiasm for the whole early 2000s rock scene kept me from even giving them a try. I listened to this album and their debut, and I’ve gotta admit that I really like it. They’ve got a really nice pop / punk balance going on. Super easy to listen to, very accessible, but way more subtle and well-written than it seems at first. Great vocals, some occasional synthetic rhythms that add this melancholic vibe, and the singer can totally lose it … and that’s just cool. Discovering that David Sitek from TV on the Radio (which I love) is involved is not surprising considering their sound on this album. I’m definitely coming back to this, as a kind of guilty pleasure.

I have seen the Yeah Yeah Yeahs several times at various WA state fests (Sasquatch, Bumbershoot, or maybe Thing, they all kind of blend together tbh). And the YYYs do the same...I don't specifically remember hearing them, but I know I know I was there when they performed: just great fest music that doesn't feel as immersive on any medium. Which is to say, that I'd bob my head in a live venue, but feel this is just meh. It's not too bad but it's not great either. MOR 3 stars....

I remember when this came out and the NME was all like "ooooh look, New York indie band the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs are going for the big time, they wanna be famous how do you feel about that? We're not saying we have a problem with it we just wondered if you might" and the only thing backing this up was the concentration of synthesisers on the album. Considering that the two lead singles became instant classics you could say that the YYYs did make the big time. This album certainly cemented their status as one of the preeminent American indie bands of the era and their place in the 2000s NY canon with the Strokes and LCD. But I'm not sure this album stands up alongside the classic works of their contemporarys. It's got lots of the key ingredients. Indie disco staples, iconic off-white album cover and a front person who's magnetism comes as much from their aloofness as their energy. But the lower energy moments on this album don't counterpoint the highs for me.

Innovative. First two songs were great. Everything after that was interesting

meh for me mostly except for heads will roll. liked the acoustic at the end too

Honestly expected more from this although it was pretty unoffensive. Cool that it released on my 11th birthday though.

I liked this one

I knew and liked Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Fever to Tell. This album didn’t stand up to that one, though. The only real standout was Dragon Queen, and that didn’t reach the same peaks. Overall good but not spectacular

I think it's a solid album, but I guess I'm just not a mood for rock. I wasn't paying attention very well while I was listening to it because I was working on homework.

What a solid album! It's a good one to just throw on and start grooving.

Wasn't expecting much, I knew the two singles but actually enjoyed the album as a whole. The sound is somewhat dated but it's executed well, the songs are catchy while still being heavy, although I could have done without the acoustic versions at the end. Not sure if that was on the original release, but I thinks it's a flat 3 regardless.

Not for me. Couldn’t listen to it all.

I was aware of this band but didn’t really pay any attention at the time. To be fair this ain’t half bad! A bit heavier musically than I would of thought which is a good thing! I’ve always thought 3 piece bands make more noise!

top heavy imo. cool

È un po' poco ispirato per quanto riguarda testi e arrangiamenti, nel complesso in realtà penso sia parecchio banale a tratti, ma la voce della frontwoman mi piace molto

Quit poppy, but enjoyed it

Some good tunes. I like skeletons, soft shock, zeros. Kinda feels like it might just be a top 1000 album for heads will roll though

i knew one song from it but overall not my thing, boring, flat

It really peaks with those first two songs, but it’s not bad overall

YYY's dropped off massively for me as Fever to Tell was a real favourite, whilst it's follow up A side was dreadful (somehow it's B side was pretty good!). I therefore didn't bother with this 3rd album but upon listening to it now I was obviously heavily exposed to Zero and Heads Will Roll by radio (6music in UK). This album is definitely better than Show Your Bones but still lacks the energy and audacity of their debut. This time however it's front loaded and whilst the rest is decent enough it touches on pleasant which is not something I come to their door for.

A really good album.

Best Song: Heads Will Roll. Really slick, ethereal feeling. I with the rest of the album had leaned as hard into the pseudo-electronic aesthetic as this song did. Worst Song: Shame & Fortune. Felt like very cookie-cutter rock, wherein they felt like the guitar hook was a lot catchier than it really was. Overall: A delightful pop-rock album. Many of the songs sounds similar enough that it starts to sound a bit monotonous, but that monotony isn't terrible in this case. Generic in a good way.

Vocals are a standout for sure, interesting production. Solid record but nothing that was super memorable to me

Meh. Just another female fronted rock band. Nothing stood out, nothing special. Just more blah, boring music.

Not bad. Not bad at all. I've listened to them before, but not this album. I will come back to it, and will check out their other albums.

This album marks a clear shift for the band, trading their scrappy garage rock edge for a sleeker, synth-driven sound. The production is glossy and layered, giving everything a smooth, pulsating rhythm that feels made for late nights. It’s got a sense of urgency, but it’s a controlled urgency, less chaotic than their earlier work and more about atmosphere and mood. Tracks like “Zero” and “Heads Will Roll” carry the record with their sharp hooks and driving energy, standing out as the most memorable moments. The slower songs, like “Skeletons” and “Hysteric,” bring a more emotional weight, though they don’t always hit quite as hard. The band’s willingness to reinvent their sound is admirable, even if not every experiment fully lands. It’s Blitz! is a solid, stylish album that shows a band pushing into new territory. It might lack some of the raw spark of their earlier records, but it makes up for it with a sleek confidence that fits them surprisingly well. It’s not a perfect reinvention, but it’s an interesting one.

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Always love to start my day with a record I've never listened to before, and here we go! The start is great, somehow the Yeah Yeah Yeahs took a different direction, 'cause the last time I listened to one of their albums, I think it was their debut "Fever to Tell", they were all into raw, guitar-driven indie rock. How different this is, the first three songs are true bangers, up-tempo synth/disco pop, with a special nod to "Zero", great start of a record. It takes another turn with "Skeletons" still electronic, and synth dominated but with a Celtic twist, pretty odd for a band from NY. By the time we arrive at "Dull Life" and the rest of the album, there are guitars, but the "surprise effect" is now dampened by some more mediocre songs. "It's a Dull Life" sounds far from original, and "Runaway" is a very poor attempt to an indie ballad, which seems to last forever. Luckily, the album picks up again with the bit cheesy but funky disco track "Dragon Queen" and "Hysteric", where they try to blend their new sound with the old. Last but not least, "Little Shadow" is a beautifully crafted ballad that resembles, in a far distance, Mazzy Star. I would say 3.5/5, but we can't, so due to the unevenness of this record, 3/5

finally, human music, not 70s granpa soul rock. first album on here I listened to all the way through. it's quite ok.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are always fun to listen to. I've heard this album before and it has it's gems and it's fillers. Overall a good listen.

With this album, Yeah Yeah Yeahs went for a pop feel. "Zero", "Heads Will Roll", and "Skeletons" are solid tracks, but some songs are a little too smoothed out for me. I would rather have listened to the "punk-ness" that marks other Yeah Yeah Yeahs offerings.

Heads will roll album dnf

Some classic tracks here, but nothing too special. Glad to have 'Heads will roll' back in my head, but overall this is way too polished, especially compared to early work. Enjoyable but a bit forgettable.

Yuuu erfrüschend aber doch nöd ganz min sound. Aber na bar cooli female rock tracks mit indie ihflüss. Für es 3 setti das lange.

I prefer earlier Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I have nothing to compare it with but thought it was ok....nothing outstanding but worth a listen.

5/10. solid album, just not my style.

Heads Will Roll hitazo. me gusta el album, no se si es mi genero fav pero me gusta q es consistente pero no repetitivo a re. mi voto es secreto...

Interesting sound. Quite unique… but not my thing.

nice

I think this was better than the last Yeah Yeah Yeahs album I had but I’m still unsure if they deserve a place on this list. I liked this more and it had a cool alt, poppy, synthy vibe and I reiterate that the lead singer has an incredible voice. Overall, it’s still a fairly average album.

Don't you just hate it when a group has an amazing sound and style for the first song of an album and then immediately do nothing else like it for the rest of the album? If not, this might just be your favourite album.

It's fine.

I've already listened to his album (19). It's not Fever to Tell.

The number of albums from the post-millennium that I feel worthy of inclusion are very limited. I would add this album to the list not for its exceptionality but for its generalized interpretation of what the first decade was truly like from a music perspective. 3/5

I prefer first album a bit. This feels transitional

fun, will probably revisit a few of the songs, but a little boring at parts

3 1/2 Stars: What a killer one-two punch with those opening tracks. Zero and Heads Will Roll are absolute, bounce on the dancefloor bangers. Sadly, the rest of the album never reaches those same heights. The audio equivalent of blowing your load early.

Good; kinda chill.

6/10 Favorite: Heads Will Roll

Decent.

I enjoyed this! Upbeat, good bangers, won't necessarily revisit many of these tracks. 3.5

It's nice.

It was fine. I liked it better than later Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs. I knew the song Heads Will Roll. I’ve never been a big fan of this band.

poppy, punky, sometimes synthy. Some higher energy tracks, some slower tracks. not too bad

Enjoyed this. Really a 3.5 for me

Maybe Maybe Maybe

Mere festliigt end jeg havde forventet.

Didn't know that that meme song was Heads Will Roll from this album, sped up Pretty okay album, nice to listen to, but I'm not craving more of it

Best Track - "Heads Will Roll"

I really like this band but this album just doesn’t do it for me.

I was to harsh last time, but I still don’t love the singing

Not heard this before, and enjoyed it, though it was mostly background while I was working. Played it through a few times and the first 2 tracks are the stand-outs, the rest blends in a bit. Perhaps because I was writing, so not fully focused on the music. The acoustic versions on Spotify were a nice bonus, though, and I think I preferred them.

A fun electronic/rock/alternative album. Not the greatest thing I've ever heard but I definitely could have gotten something WAY worse on a Monday. It also made me realize the version of "Heads Will Roll" I'm the most familiar with is a remix

Another one I haven't listened to in awhile, but still holds up. It's kind of bland in spots, so a 3/5.

Given how obsessed I was with indie rock in the 2000s, it’s strange that I never really gave much mind to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This would have been a teenage favorite album if I had found it when it was released. It has the same disco infusion of the Killers’ Day and Age, and Heads Will Roll and Zero are magnificent tracks. All that said, I just don’t see myself coming back to this. Indie rock is a time capsule to me now, tinged with nostalgia. I go back to feel the old feels, but there’s no appetite for new additions to the collection.

This album starts so strong with Zero and Heads Will Roll that anything that came afterwards paled in comparison. However I do like that they went into another direction. Dull Fortune is another highlight of the album. *Shatters egg*

fun album

Started out fun…..then got kinda boring.

It was ok

Buen sonido aunque un poco genérico.

The bad vocals really let down what could have been a great album. I liked the instrumentals quite a bit which made me give this 3-stars.

Good.

Gonna get on a little high horse real quick, sorry. Not a bad album at all. Well written, mostly enjoyable, will explain more. Why do we get two yeah yeah yeahs albums on this list? Fever to Tell is stronger, I get that one. But like if you are making direct comparisons, this over a second Strokes album, specifically Room on Fire but also New Abnormal? I just do not understand the ranking procedures of this list. While I'm at it, I know this is not same genre, but for the love of God give me Riot! or Black Parade or the self titled Blink album over this please. I don't get why any rock post 2000 has to be music that falls under the indie/garage rock moniker or like "the members met while studying at Juilliard/NYU/Oberlin" just give me some pop punk or like some alternative rock idk the list feels very weak in that regard. How you gonna have two arcade fire albums and not the american football record, they should be dork math music enough for Dimmery. It's impossible to please everyone but come on. Rant done. I think it's silly that the most popular song off this album is heads will roll simply because of that remix. That is a huge case of TikTok popularity before tiktok of course, but the bite sized "this song sounds great! I want to hear more, oh that was the only good part of the song." I liked soft shock and skeletons and I'm pretty "that was pretty good but whatever" to the rest of it. I can see being a huge fan of Fever to Tell prior and loving the yeah yeah yeahs and then loving this as a later follow up but I don't have that.

Oh this is fun! In these semi private rants I often complain about 90s indie rock/trip hop, because of its over-the-top depressing mood. Here we have the revamped 2000s, that inherited from the good (yet sad) 90s and added fun. And this one shows that flavour, mixing pop/"punk" (of course it has nothing to do with punk but you get the point?) with dance, some slow songs, etc. In some parts it reminded me of the Cardigans, but the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are not as good as them, as this album gets a bit boring after the first 3-4 songs. TL;DR Fun album, starts super good but fail to keep the quality during the duration of the record.

What I remember most about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was they were the kind of urban hipster trash coming out of NYC that my best friend in high school liked, along with bands like the Strokes. I didn’t like any of those bands, I was too busy listening to NOFX and Rancid, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs had a girl singer. Big pass. I wasn’t even into Distillers then because Brody left Tim. Good times indeed. Fast forward about 20 years and the dulcet sounds of ¨Zero¨ burst through my headphones, sounding like an American, female-fronted Bloc Party. I guess cool kids mix electronic into their dancey rock and or roll, like putting ecstasy in their cocaine. This is something 18 year old me would hate and 38 old me pretends to like to feel cultured. Like Bloc Party (and a bit the Weeknd), the Yeah Yeah Yeahs give the feeling of having taken too much cocaine and trying desperately to either feel high enough to enjoy it or come back down to earth and be at least half a person. It’s soulless music for soulless people, but that doesn’t make it bad. Even Bowie had his Thin White Duke phase. It's all there: the beats, the guitars, the hooks. It’s sexy music but I do wonder how sexy it sounds the second time. Best songs: ¨Zero,¨ ¨Skeletons¨ ¨Little Shadow¨

Some great songs again the beginning but then faded into background noise for me. Could see myself liking it more on a second listen but don't feel overly compelled to give it one

Definition of a 3

Some really good songs overall not for me

High energy guitar & synth dance music huffing the fumes of the early 00s indie boom. It's uptempo, bouncey pop - rising tension and big explosive choruses and massive hooks with very polished production. Very fun songs that really sound great, even if there's not much too it. Music for jogging, but in skinny jeans.

7/10

3.5. Think there are some sublimely lovely moments in this but I think I connect more with the YYY’s sweatier albums.

Decent. It's in the category of "records I wouldn't shut off but won't go out of my way to listen to."

Hysteric is quite good. Little Shadow, too. Rest of it, a little too dance-y.

Started off strong! Was a good album, not something I listen to a lot, but that whole NY garage revival scene is a fun niche genre.

I liked it. Didn't knock my socks off, but I liked it. One thing I dislike about this project is the 5 star rating system. This one would probably be better than my typical "3", but not really a "4", especially after I just gave James Brown a 4. James Brown this is not. So, in my mind, this one's about a 3 1/2.

First thing I am going to say is, its better than a lot of the post-2000 music that has made this list. Its not moody it definitely has some pop. Its definitely not punk, more indie rock to me. Overall good, nothing groundbreaking. I feel there is too much going in the background production, for just two dudes carrying all the Instrumental weight. I think they should put a bass in Karen O's hands and make her do a little more work.

I really enjoy this kind of 2000s music. Heard some of these songs before over the year. Really enjoyed this album and the use of instrumentals. Essential Indie music.

It was ok. Did not love

OK, sans plus.

Some songs I liked, but I kinda struggled unfortunately, wasn't in a sad indie girl mood

Cool, with one very nice song that I knew already (Heads will roll), but just OK to me.

Voll der Florence and the Machine Klang, was zeitweise ganz gut war, aber irgendwie klang alles sehr ähnlich und ich bin nicht so n Fan von repititiven Vocals

Ersten zwei Lieder waren schön, dazwischen auch wieder 1-2 schöne Lieder wie z.B. Hysteric. Aber solides Album. Find das Albumcover einfach kacke.

Prvo sam se stvarno zapitala šta će nam dva njihova albuma ali ovaj je toliko drugačiji od prošlog a podjednako uspješan da ipak možda podržavam.

Grew up listening to 70s and 80s rock. This music has less talent. The songs are too long for the type of music. I do like her voice, very versatile

3/5. ... great sound

Incredible start. Zero is a mix of the best of early 2000's rock. Heada will roll is the main single from this and it is very fun a catchy, but gets kinda samey at the middle. That's true for most songs in here, they follow the same pattern for most of the time. Runaway seems to stand out, being mostly piano-based. Hysteric is a pretty sweet song, love the voice in this one. The acoustic versions are nice, but the album as a whole can't scape that feeling of sameyness.

This band and The Strokes are in the same bucket for me. Those 2000-2010 rock bands which made perfectly good music but just didn't/don't grab my attention for whatever reason. I liked the acoustic tracks at the end much more than the rest of the album. 2.75 stars.

Quite enjoyable, but not something I would listen to normally. 3/5

Apart from the one single I constantly hear in the radio and am completely sick of, this was a decent album. I can safely say I’m a fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

fun 2000-2010 nostalgic feelz ★★★½

Bra blandning av lite popigt och rock. Även lite shoegazeigt ibland. Trevligt men inte mitt favoritalbum i deras kollektion

Catchy, energetic, poppy rock music. It's a fun album, and the last two tracks, Hysteric, and Little Shadow, show some range to perform songs that are quieter but still engaging.

Yeah yeah yeah this is just fine fine fine.

It was a well done album, but the genre just didn't really speak to me personally

OK but not great. Some of the tracks quite interesting but nothing really memorable

Surprisingly good, liked the acoustic tracks at the end. 3 stars.

I enjoyed this album - "Heads Will Roll" is a fun one. Played it through twice and while there was nothing I can say I really disliked, I also can't say anything stuck out to me as being amazing.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Fiftieth album and definitely not a bad one at that. Heads Will Roll and Runaway were a couple of my favourites! I genuinely don’t think I could give a pop album a bad score. High 3.

I think I prefer a few of the parts over the sum and they are enjoyable enough for me to overlook getting bored about midway through the record.

I wasn't a big fan of Fever to Tell. This record is a lot better, though I don't plan to listen again.

Спасибо, конечно, за Heads Will Roll, и по совместительству то, что благодаря этому треку вся планета так или иначе знает о существовании Карен О, которая конечно икона. Группа хорошая, альбом ничего. Лучшая песня - Dull Life.

When this came out I hated it because it was electronic and I 1) wanted more of their garage rock sound and 2) didn't respect artists that didn't play real instruments. Luckily, I've grown up and I really enjoyed this album. So shout out to growing as a person and getting over your weird, gatekeep-y attitudes towards what "real" music should be.

Not my thing. Didn’t listen to it all

Karen O could sing the phone books and it would sound amazing. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs rule. 3.5 stars

Good album. One I own and well worth another listen.

Sync sucked the novelty out of a lot of these tracks, but still putting it between 3 and 4

Really dull late 2000s sound. This electro disco indie or whatever was a horrible time for music. Way too polished compared to their first album

Decent mix. Preferred the acoustic stuff.

Fun indie rock album, lots of synth and heavy beats. Cool fusion of genres.

Cute

Best leuk, niet heel spannend

Fun !

Quelques bons moments mais rien d'extraordinaire. La chanson Runaway qui commence avec un petit riff de piano... If you know you know

Indie synth rock

I want to rate this album higher but it's just really okay

Never heard it in full! Actually never heard of any albums of them. The big hit was obvious, although I do prefer the remix. The thick synths were great but the slow songs a bit dull. Most of the ones i didn't recognise were rather boring.

There is one song I’ve heard by this band and I can’t remember the name of it. I love this opening track. It’s so good. I love the sounds and the energy. Ok, so about halfway through a en it’s good, but not grabbing me. Not sure I would think to seek this out again.

Kompetent elekrorock, men show your bones är min skiva med yeah, yeah, yeahs

Surprised to find out that the "Off with your head" song is by these guys. I found the album itself to be a little lacklustre but Heads Will Roll is a banger.

It's hard to rate this one. It has a certain beat, it's experimental and the band has an identity. Somehow it felt a bit off, not gonna lie. In some songs at the end of the first half you just zone out. And I have to say: The acoustic versions are a lot better. All in all, I think it's an ok album, but nothing that needs to be on this list.

Fantastic upbeat call to the dance floor

3.5/5

Interesting.

This album is ok, and Karen O is a great front lady. I feel this album gets almost all its work in the first 15 mins, and I gound myself not caring for or remembering back half. But Zero, Heads Will Roll, and Soft Shock are all great (and indie radio darlings), and that's enough to keep the album passable. Soft Shock is my favorite, even if Heads Will Roll is probably better.

I really like “Zero” & “Heads Will Roll”, but the rest was while musically interesting, lyrically boring. Too much repetitive for me. I didn’t love the album, but I’d buy the two singles.

3 bangers on the track then pidder ditters into borderline boring emo gobbledeegoops

I enjoyed this. It's got an unusual sound for 2009 Indie Rock. Massive, really. It builds up as the album progresses. It's disco-rock at times reminiscent of Blondie. That's good.

This didn't do much for me. It's not a bad album, or bad music, but it's not great either. Very little that stood out or was worth remembering.

Better as an album than as individual songs. Decent but not great.

Pleasant rock album, not sure if it's a 3 or a 4 or a 5. I kind of think of it as a feminine equivalent of Royal Blood.

--Zero...good opener. I have a sneaking suspicion this song is about the female orgasm --Heads Will Roll...I like the production but it lacks a decent hook --Soft Shock...not a total banger, but something that could grow on me with time --Skeletons...I feel like this was a very therapeutic song for Karen O. Unfortunately, it doesn't translate into good pop --Dull Life...the guitars are back! This song kicks and takes some fun turns --Shame and Fortune...grimy. I like it --Runaway...interesting diversion but I think they should've kept it more minimalist. Just 2 minutes, Karen O, and a piano would have been great --Dragon Queen...great track. Love disco shit --Hysteric...nice ballad. like it a lot --Little Shadow...more of a vibe than a song

Not bad, just kinda bored

Fun album, dance till your dead is a classic meme song.

a fun album. i love karen O's voice.

Danceable rock with female singer

Nothing as catchy or groundbreaking as MAPS on here. But decent enough alt-pop I guess. 3/5 #109

Rv/g

- Something about the album cover disturbs me. Perhaps because it makes me imagine what having raw, runny eggs all over my hands would feel like - Zero is a fun and upbeat track that sets the tone for the album - Heads Will Roll is similar - When Soft Shock started I was confused why it had a loud, high pitched tone playing, turns out the fire alarms were going off in the house. I do like this song, and It's definitely better without the screeching. - Skeleton is a calmer song which is nice on my ears. Though I find the lyrics far too repetitive - Unfortunately after this point I realised I wasn't able to concentrate on my work, so I switched to some calmer music Overall, I enjoyed it. I love the vibe of the band, and I think the more upbeat songs are an absolute vibe and are perfectly balanced by the calmer ones. Howe, pop is not really my thing, so, overall, I'm not absolutely thrilled by this album, though I found it pleasant enough. I will say though, a lot of the songs kind of sound the same...

Ryan if you’re stalking me I think you’d like this one

Well made pop album with a heavy reliance on synths. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Does it need to be on this list? Not really.

It was an ok listen, I mostly got on with other things with it in the background. Didn't grab me, but I didn't dislike it.

I liked the change of pace. This is a good album, it just gets too full at times and repeats the same climax a few times. The lows are pretty bland and there just wasn't enough there to earn 4 stars, but it was close. - Modern rock! Doesn't suck from the start. Very indie - First song is fun, has life. Got a bit dumb at the end - 2nd song: Hey, I've heard this one! v popular, decent

This one felt like more a product of its time, I think. A blast of 00's vibes to send out that decade, I suppose. For a bit of horizontal commentary, it's starting to sound like many of these albums follow similar emotional (Musical? Narrative?) arcs, starting upwards and finishing downwards. Casual observation: Note the similar vibes in the first (Zero) and the last (Faces?) song.

I’m ambivalent with this one.

Does heads will roll pick this up to a 4? I think maybe not.

Should’ve been called the Meh Meh Meh’s. Zero (7/10) Heads Will Roll (8/10) Soft Shock (7/10) Skeletons (6/10) Dull Life (8/10) Shame and Fortune (6/10) Runaway (5/10) Dragon Queen (7/10) Hysteric (6/10) Little Shadow (6/10) Faces (7/10) 6.6/10

Sympa sans plus. Un peu lisse

Satisfying indie pop rock

In 2009, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – along with the rest of that scene of NY “indie sleaze” bands – no longer owned cool. They were an established, respected group; high enough up festival bills to be legible on the backs of merch from 30 yards out. “Heads will roll” hit the moment perfectly; a cantankerous jam that demanded to be danced to, remixed, danced to, remixed and repeat. It did a fine job of responding, with authenticity and in artistic good faith, to the general direction indie was going in – more prominent synthesisers, less dramatic in-song dynamics. A shift across indie music that, looking back, was the start of a nudging away from attitude and toward vibe – HEALTH, The xx, Washed Out (a gentle metamorphosis that would reach its apotheosis in 2012 with Beach House’s “Bloom”). It’s been 15 years since all that; so I’m pleasantly surprised that “Heads will roll” sounds just as exciting today as it did when it was first released. And “Zero”, album opener, sounds even better. All fantastic signs that I’m in for a long overdue sitting-down-with “It’s Blitz!” in full (for better or worse, I was listening to Animal Collective on repeat in 2009). Well, not so much, in the end. It’s Good! … but aside from the hits and a couple of others (“Dragon Queen”, especially) this is a pedestrian group of songs; fun enough but never quite getting to a height you suspect that, with just a little extra risk, it could reach. If “Heads will roll” was among the early triumphs of the attitude–vibe continuum, then “It’s Blitz!” might, in its own small way, have been among its first victims. A good album that’s somewhere between a scream and a yawn. Lights up, indie, the party’s over.

Had good variety. Not amazing but good

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are fine but didn’t listen lol

i liked this more than the The Strokes album. less repetitive, but still only a song or two that i really liked.

Trying too hard to be orgasmic.

increased by heads will roll tbh

Opening four tracks are so good. Really strong opening. Next two rolling in at around a 6.5/10 for me. Not bad, and definitely in keeping with the rh overall aesthetic, but lack the emotional heft and urgency of the first four. The next three - though maybe not quite as impactful as the first four - are a really return to form with groovy, danceable rhythms and typically gorgeous melodies from Karen O. The last song, Little Shadow, is absolutely wonderful and a fittingly evocative and ethereal way to end a great journey.The intimate acoustic epilogue provides a beautiful capstone. Lovely album with only one or two minor dips.

6/10 I listened to this twice, first time I enjoyed it more than the second, but I was concentrating less. It kind of washed over me in a kind of (like Jimbo said) ‘enjoying at a festival’ way. Second listen, I found it to just be a bit too ‘Indie Band with synths writing festival anthems’ for my taste. It also often relied on the same, or very similar basic chord structure or rhythm through both verses and choruses that made it a bit uninteresting in places. I think I wanted to like it more than I did actually like it. What it really screamed out to me is that they found or programmed some interesting arpeggiated synth patches, but didn’t know how to transition to and from from those patches between different sections of a lot of the songs, so a lot of them just kind of relentlessly persisted throughout. A bit like yesterday, liked it, didn’t love it. Zero - Decent kick off. Not massively keen on the driving synth that dominates the mix. Heads will roll - Liked this more than the first. Soft Shock - Decent song, but doesn’t do anything that interesting. Skeletons - Another, more low-key anthem. Dull Life - Really like this one. There’s a bit more to it, more dynamic and stylistic range, Shame and Fortune - Like this one a lot too. Not as interesting as the last one, but it’s got a great groove. Runaway - Good song, a bit samey throughout. Dragon Queen - Loved the groove in this one. Doesn’t really go anywhere with it though. Hysteric - A bit dull. Little Shadow - Nice, also a bit repetitive. Faces - Like it, didn’t love it. Similar to the rest of the album, it was just a bit repetitive.

Punkish pop, I don’t hate it.

I didn't mind this and found it more listenable than Radiohead!

Couple of hits good album

I’m too lazy to go back & check but I think this is the 2nd Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. Might be one too many. Might be enough.

Not my cuppa - only heard half tbh

I enjoyed this. 3 stars

Enjoyed the album.

Wat is er met deze band gebeurd tussen 2003 en 2009? Waar hun vorige album een echt gitaar album was, is dit meteen ontzettend dik op de synths! Tuurlijk ken ik Heads Will Roll, ik was een tiener toen en Project X was onze bijbel zo ongeveer. Het is wat poppyer dan het vorige album wat veel meer gitaren bevat. Hier is duidelijk gekozen voor meer synths en dat zorgt voor een fijner album, voor mijn smaak dan. Toch ga ik wel zeggen; het album luistert echt prima weg, maar de Yeah Yeah Yeahs blijven toch een beetje middelmatig voor me. Ik kan me gewoonweg niet voorstellen dat mensen hier helemaal wild van worden, het blijft een beetje voelen als een 13 in een dozijn band. De muziek is catchy, de zangeres heeft een fijne stem en af en toe is er een uitschieter naar boven, zoals het bloedmooie Skeletons. Maar vaker nog kabbelt het lekker voort en is het gewoon prima FAVO: Heads Will Roll(A-trak remix is wel dikker!) , Skeletons, Dragon Queen

Fav: Heads Will Roll Least Fav: Little Shadow Always nice to recognise a song you had no idea was on the album, especially if it’s a banger like Heads Will Roll is

The album cover is actually hard af. The music is ok, it's actually one of the better records from the 2000s that I got on this list.

6/10

This was a fun album to listen to. As soon as I heard Heads Will Roll (a track I remembered from having watched Glee a while ago) I was pretty excited to hear what else It's Blitz had to offer. I ran into some pretty great tracks with Skeletons being my favorite, as it was something different from the many catchy dance tracks on this album. While those tracks were good, they can get a bit old. Fortunately, I feel that this album was set up well to give the listener "breaks", so to speak, to enjoy some pretty, more soft tracks.

Decent, never listened before bar Off With Their Heads

As most of my Yeah Yeah Yeahs experiences have been with Fever To Tell, this one took me a minute to adjust to. This is effectively an electro-pop album with sort of a punk-y tone, and I think it more or less works. That being said, I can't fully divorce It's Blitz! from what I was wanting from a Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, so part of me certainly wishes this had some more teeth. Despite this, what is here is catchy, groovy and focused, and I did enjoy my time with it.

Fairly good album, even though not my usual style.

They could have called this It’s Fine! and that would have also worked. I own the most recent YYYs album on vinyl and remember liking this and Fever to Tell, with ambivalence towards Mosquito — revisiting It’s Blitz!, I think it’s okay! It’s listenable but not something I’ll ache to revisit.

Faves: Heads will roll, dull life, runaway. Would I revisit this: no.

It was fine but a lot of it sounded the same and was pretty high energy/intense

For some reason, before I had heard anything, I thought this group was older, early 90's or something. I don't know why. Anyway, it's got more punk than I expected. It's not bad. I'd be curious for more, but I'm not running out to buy this.

So this is where "Heads Will Roll" comes from.

I really didn’t like fever to tell, but i found this to be pretty okay overall. Started out super strong

It's the Dance 'til You're Dead group

A-Trak does Heads Will Roll better tbh. by a lot. this is a worthwhile album though. very emblematic of its era in a way that makes it a good distillation of the late 2000s indie scene; where rock music turned electronic and the internet really sunk its claws into the culture. a more engaging and interesting album than Fever To Tell, i can tell you that much, even if it does lose me as it winds down deserves to be one of the 1001? i would say yeah (yeah yeahs)

Very strong singles, the rest of the album is quite good. 3.5

It's hard to stand the mix and how loud it is. Probably wrong day for such an album. Lot's of energy though. Wish I had less of my own rage to appreciate it, but I don't

Cool record, Karen O’s vocals are spectacular and the music behind it is shifting and interesting

I have heard of this band but never heard it. Had no idea they even had a female singer. I guess it's OK but it seemed like all the songs were trying to be big grandiose anthems without actually accomplishing that.

A good album, very much a product of its time. A bit rocky to start - the songs don't necessarily go well for the first five, but balances out very nicely at the end. The acoustic versions round out the album nicely.

Just here to say how much I appreciate alex-v-cook’s reviews. "Perfect disposable NYC lifestyle rock"! What a choice phrase! So many terrific concise descriptions that Alex delivers. A+ reviewer (C+ album).

I've never played this record, even though I've heard its hit a billion times—and even like it. It's fun stuff! A cool 3.5 that I'm arbitrarily choosing to round down.

This was fine, and Heads will Roll is a great single, but I don't see it as Important or Canon.

Was fine. Not bad but I was bored

The opening track is one of my favorite songs by any artist from the 2000s. THAT BEING SAID... Back when the Strokes-era NYC scene was exploding, these guys were critical darlings and I didn't really get it. I thought they were fine, but didn't see what all the fuss was about. I figured there must be something about seeing them live. I had the opportunity to do that at one of the Bonnaroos I went to and... I guess I sort of got it? Karen O definitely had stage presence. And she is certainly attractive but I never understood the whole "sex goddess" image the music press seemed to bestow on her. Oh well, I like these guys OK and this was pretty a good album. I just never understood what the big deal was. I guess like a lot of the albums in this project, you had to be there. ("There" being NYC at that particular time, not just being alive in 2003-2009.) P.S. - I listened to the "Deluxe Edition" on Apple Music and it included 4 extra acoustic version tracks and I liked those better than what ended up on the album. Good songs that I liked more without all the synthesizer crap.

Sounds a lot more modern than I expected, guess things go in cycles. Starts strong and feels fun and poppy but then peters out a little

Solid, dance pop with personality. Will revisit.

2nd half besides the last song is good. The rest is whatever.

Fun indie-pop from the late naughties. Better than most of the other stuff that was coming out around that time, but not exciting musically.

pop classic (heads will roll) not really my kind of misic but their acoustics are nice

Electronic sounds in music is really, really not my jam. Heads Will Roll is really damn good tho.

Coming into this I only knew Heads Will Roll, which is a pretty fun song! I honestly thought this would be a mediocre pop album, and that would have been fine. Instead I was pleasantly surprised after the slow (to me) start to hear a lot of different musical styles influencing this album. During the first song I was thinking this girl would be good in a riotgrrl band, then I was super excited to hear the kind of grungy Dull Life! I also really dig Dragon Queen. I can hear the talent here for sure. That said, mostly kind of okay songs.

Pretty good vocals/melodies

Dance till ur dead bro i remember that song. It was good. Just good I think

3/5

Heads will roll is awesome, others just ok, not bad Not going to listen again

Good listen no songs stood out, probably will not save tho. 6/10

This album was goated. It gives us classics, awesome party vibes and more. I really like the acoustic songs. 3/5

Dreamy and strong. Unique and edgy. Some cool vocals and instrumentals.

7. Prima. Sommige liedjes zijn wel leuk, maar andere een beetje saai. Niks komt in de buurt van hoe goed Heads will roll is.

fun punk album that's pretty different than what I normally listen to. - soft rock - skeletons - runaway - hysteric - little shadow

The YYYs refine their sound and get a little more poppy on "It's Blitz" compared to previous releases. In my review of their debut I said I think they get better with time but I have to say I liked "Fever to Tell" more than this one. The hits "Zero" and "Heads Will Roll" def put the band more in the public eye. Middle of the album lulled and takes it down but picks back up at the end with my top track "Dragon Queen." I'll give this one a 2.83.

watevar

Heard it before. I have an interesting relationship with this album because while it's ok I never think about it. But at the same time for some reason I can't explain Heads Will Roll is one of my favourite songs ever. For that reason alone I will give the album a good score 3/5

Is mostly fine but nothing that exciting about this, I doubt this will stand the test of time as being particularly notable 3*

This wasn't my favorite but overall it was a pleasant listen. Heads Will Roll was the stand out for me.

No está mal para ser del siglo XXI.

Nice album all in all.

Oke, onverwachts. Ik kende enkel Heads Will Roll, en dan nog ook de remix ervan. Iets te lang album, maar dat ligt misschien vooral aan de akoestische versies. Kan er niet echt een genre op plakken, maar het klinkt wel wijs! 3.4

Yeah, okay, sort ofs

Recognized some songs. Not my favorite, but not bad.

Listened to it. Knew a familiar track and it was fine

Some good songs. Uneven as an album

Not sure I understand what this album wants to be.

I didn’t really get along with this album. Not my cup of chai TBH. Some interesting songs in there but I found myself drifting away from them too often. Not great, not awful, not one I’d revisit.

3.5

Cool Cover. The music is a bit uneven, at times wild. Maybe this needs a few spins to get into it. Not a big fan of producer Nick Launay's sound design in general, but this one's okay.

Liked the energy and vocals.

Chill vibe, pop me kvinnlig sångar, solid 7/10 would listen på roadtrip

Fun rave pop album.

First few songs/singles start fairly strong, decent 2000's alt-rock, back 2/3rds of album blend together. Solid '3', nothing bad or inspiring.

Coolable.

Meh, nu pe gustul meu prea mult

I have heard the first two songs a bunch of times before but didn't know any of the others. Not bad. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have always been one of those bands that I kind of like and enjoy their singles but have never liked enough to listen to an entire album regularly. Listening to this one didn't move them out of that designation, but there are some pretty good songs on here and I’m glad to have heard it.

Fun album

1. Zero i love the vibe and the melody but it didn't stuck in my head 2. Heads will roll - i LOVED the bridge but same with zero interesting but not enough 3. Soft shock - i actually LOVE this one i can relate to the lyrics, i love the melody and how it rises up at the end i love the vibe, i saved this one!! 4. Skeletons - i loved the instrument part between the verses and at the end but the song doesn't have ups and down that's why it didn't catch my ear but it is a good one overall, feels like i can love it more if i kept listening to it but i don't think i will. 5. Dull life - i really thought this gonna be my fav song from the 1st moment but the way the instrument breaks kinda ruined it 4 me i mean it is good but it is not how i want it to be 6. Shame & fortune - by far it is my fav song of the album, love the melody and how the drums and the bass goes louder i also love the lyrics and how simple the song is. Definitely a vibe 7. Runaway - absolutely love the melody and it gives a chill vibe in the middle of the album seems like a relief, my problem is the lyrics it is good but it not deep enough for the melody and the vibe also i feel like the song need a lift up, basically a solid song but not good enough 8. Dragon queen - i don't know how to feel about, i like but something sound off and the melody a little annoying even though i love it. It gives me mixed feelings but i am saving it 9. Hysteric - this one DEFINITELY TAKES THE CROWN 👑 the best one in the album till now. the melody, the lyrics, the vibe everything is perfect 10. Little shadow - this one is GREAT comes after hysteric to me and the instrumental break is everything 11. Faces - back to the party life i see, I LOVE IT the lyrics and the melody are on point and i enjoy it a lot, one of my favorites in the albums tbh. Sooooo out of 11 songs i enjoyed 6 which is really good at the first listening since i am the type of person how need to listen to a song at least 2 times before i like it. It is a really good album. It gives partying with tears in my eyes type and i am here for it. Overall i give it 6.7/10

'Fever To Tell' has always been one of my favorite post-punk-revival albums of the 2000s, but that album's younger electronica-tinged brother 'It's Blitz', I've never really connected with. Like their debut, Karen O's quirky and charming delivery is the ultimate draw here, but the production I find doesn't suit her as well. 'Heads Will Roll' is the standout here - a song I enjoy even after that one overplayed remix. For the record, this original version is leagues better. 'Soft Shock' was an early highlight as well. It sort of reminds me of why I loved 'Maps' so much with its melancholic synthpop instrumental. 'Dull Life' was catchy, and 'Skeletons' was also a decent slow-ballad, but it's really the second half of this record that loses me. I think if I squint my eyes, I can sort of morph the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to an early 2010. pop-group, and maybe this record would make more sense to me then. But I just can't do that, no matter how hard I try - this album will always feel off to me - like a band who strayed way too far from their original sound. Nothing wrong with that, of course; it just doesn't work for me in this particular case. I feel similar about some of Modest Mouse's 2000s work, though admittedly, I enjoy those albums a heck of a lot more.

Catchy synth pop/rock. Fun listen but not one for the long term list.

Totally fine 2000s rock/pop.

Scott Pilgrim-core for some reason. This was a good listen. Obviously, Heads Will Roll is gonna be around forever, but Zero and Hysterical were also highlights. Where's the 3.5 button