Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have come along way since their 2005 eponymous debut. The Brooklyn indie rock darlings have eschewed the jangly guitars and lilting vocals that defined early hits like "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth" and "Is This Love" for big guitars and driving drum machines on their fourth full-length album, Only Run, released last month.
The band has never sounded bigger, and for better or worse, it bears little resemblance to its previous incarnations. As singer Alec Ounsworth does his best Thom Yorke, the band might finally be able to fill out the massive festival stages they have found themselves on as of late.
How the band's new sound translates to smaller stages like the Biltmore Cabaret where they find themselves this Friday remains to be seen, however. At any rate, it promises to be a very different experience for those familiar with the band's early work.
