At first listen,
\nFever To Tell<\/i> is no better or worse than any other
\nbetter-than-average garage band in today’s music scene. It’s
\ncatchy, a bit punk, a bit new wave and a whole lot of pissed-off
\naggression in its 40 minutes. Much has been said about lead singer
\nKaren O, and while her voice is distinctive, it doesn’t have the
\nimmediate “knock you on your ass” punch of more accomplished
\nvocalists, such as Bjork or PJ Harvey.<\/p>\n
The band is a trio from New York, and the press has poured some
\nheavy praise on them. However, this has happened about once every
\nthree weeks for the past two years. And for every decent band like
\nthe White Stripes, we have other bands like The Vines and still
\nother bands like The Hives, who are in danger of fading into the
\ndiscount bins as fast as they came onto the music scene.<\/p>\n
Still, none of these bands have Karen O at the helm. She can lay
\non the playful menacing act in “Rich” and turn around and deliver a
\nheartbreaker in the track “Modern Romance.” Nick Zinner does an
\namazing job balancing between new wave and punk, as does drummer
\nBrian Chase. The more you listen to
\nFever To Tell<\/i>, the more you realize that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
\nmay be around after bands like The Vines whither.<\/p>\n
Even though
\nFever To Tell<\/i> has its moments of artiness, it was one of the
\nbest primal rage albums of 2003. Karen O’s hyperventilation
\ndelivery of “Tick” is hot enough to fog up the horned rimmed
\nglasses of any sexually frustrated indie geek or gal. And with
\n“Black Tongue” Karen O lays down 2003’s most epically-fun dis: “Boy
\nyou’re just a stupid bitch and girl, you’re just a no-good
\ndick!”<\/p>\n
Other songs don’t fare as well. The incestual overtones of “Cold
\nNight” seem to be shock for the sake of shock and “Y Control”‘s
\ntitle is the most creative part of the song. But the band gets
\nFever To Tell<\/i> back on the right track with its double-whammy
\ncloser and hidden track.<\/p>\n
The most popular song, “Maps” is a morose tune that’s an odd
\nselection from a band known for their limitless energy. However, it
\nworks, especially with Karen O’s sad delivery of a line like “they
\ndon’t love you like I love you.” In the same vein, “No No No” shows
\nthat a band doesn’t have to have its amps cranked to 11 to floor
\nyou.<\/p>\n
\nFever To Tell<\/i> is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs getting on a roll. It
\nmay not be their “defining” album, but it definitely has its
\nmoments of greatness. The band is much more than Karen O’s
\npresence, but on a song like “Man,” she’s the voice and image that
\nwill linger in listeners ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6990],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-37886","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-yeah-yeah-yeahs","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37886"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}