Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, they're a young band that

say they are great, so maybe they are.

Have you even heard the album? Seriously.

i thought everyone on this board talks about how terrible pitchfork is all the time

I've heard a couple of songs. Assuming the radio wasn't deliberately playing they worst songs, they are at best, just ok. Seriously.

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Have you even heard the album? Seriously.

I like the fact that people are unimpressed with them, this way they will stay playing at the Blackcat, IOTA… rather than going to larger venues.

Originally posted by Barcelona:
I like the fact that people are unimpressed with them, this way they will stay playing at the Blackcat, IOTA… rather than going to larger venues.

Yeah, because Rhett and Mankie are totally tastemakers

Well people SHOULD listen to me. If they don't, fuckem.

The response to their show on this board was pretty underwhelming.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Originally posted by Barcelona:
I like the fact that people are unimpressed with them, this way they will stay playing at the Blackcat, IOTA… rather than going to larger venues.

Yeah, because Rhett and Mankie are totally tastemakers

Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
The response to their show on this board was pretty underwhelming.

Oh, Broken Social Scene at Black Cat, where are you now when we need your guidance the most?

Well, Pitchfork isn't the only one raving.

I agree that the show was only okay, but I really like the CD, which will probably make my top ten for this year.

I think the underwhelming response to the show had alot to do with the fact that some people had Arcade Fire-like expectations. The band themselves have said they're not very good live, so I wasn't really expecting much, and left the Black Cat pleasantly surprised.

More like Clap Your Hands Say BLEAH. I have listened to that record a few times now and the lead singer sounds like an inferior David Byrne. In fact, the band sounds like they're trying too hard to be the Talking Heads, the only problem is that the Talking Heads were great, these guys aren't.

They're all right, I guess. I've been meaning to ask what you all thought of the production/recording. I think it's a little shoddy. Unless, they want it to sound that way.

The production is obviously inferior, and to whoever said they're trying to sound like Talking Heads, I can hear that, but Neutral Milk Hotel comes to mind more rapidly.

the production is inferior because its basically a demo

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
The production is obviously inferior,

In a way, it's kinda refreshing…reminds me of bands basically just starting out w/ limits in the studio. Other times, it's annoying - I can't really hear some of the music.

This should start an uproar.

If the CYHSY album was released by Talking Heads back in their prime it would be considered one of the greatest records of all time.

I think it is a great record despite the backlash that is picking up steam.

Couldn't you say the same thing about Arcade Fire, Stellastarr, and a half dozen other bands mimicking that sound?

I don't think anything released by the Talking Heads comes close to "greatest records of all time" status. And neither will any of the records of their copiers.

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
This should start an uproar.

If the CYHSY album was released by Talking Heads back in their prime it would be considered one of the greatest records of all time.

It's pretty amazing how big (relatively speaking) they've gotten, considering the album is self produced, self released, and not a dime was spent on PR…

Well, I never would have thought of myself as a complete novice when it comes to judging recording quality, but I just don't hear the "shoddy inferior" production. What specifically are the deficiencies? I mean, it's not like it's an unmastered disc where every track is at a different volume. Raw, perhaps. Not Strokes-like overproduction, certainly. But shoddy?

Overproduction blah blah underproduction blah blah. So what if the Strokes are "overproduced." Their studio work is as good as any of the handful of the top bands from the past five years. They also happen to be amazing live. Crap Your Hands isn't even in the conversation. In fact, they should have gone ahead and just refunded everybody's money or promised to take some music lessons. "Childlike whimsy" is one thing, but amateurish and condescending is a totally different story.

Besides, the most depressing thing about their performance was that they weren't Fiona Apple. Listening to her latest gives me the same feeling that I got when "OK Computer" came out all those years ago. Everything else pales by comparison. :D

Shoddy is too harsh – I picked a word and went w/ it because, it's a little shakey.
It's not raw, (the way I think of raw) or underproduced. It's a bit static-y at times (unclear) and the vocals are far away in other spots. Demo is the word.