Show Your Bones专辑介绍
还记得「流行教关」关史蒂芬妮出走的乐团No Doubt最火单曲"Don’t Speak"的MV内容吗？一组有着声音辨识度极为强烈的个性女主唱，再加上出色外表，很难不单单只注意她，而将其他男性团员忽略在后，Yeah Yeah Yeahs一组简单三人组合乐团，就是在Karen O完全忘了自己是个女人身份，应该保有些许矜持收敛态度，反而在她大剌剌豪气行径下，再再强拉住所有乐迷听觉神经，另外加入酷味年轻与稳重斯文的两位男成员创作才情，不禁跟着吶喊高唱~耶!耶!耶!
来自纽约的Yeah Yeah Yeahs(以下简称YYY)，团员配置分别是Karen O(主唱)、Brian Chase(鼓手)与Nick Zinner(吉他手)。在2000年成军之始，Karen及Nick以Unitard之名呈现较为民谣风格之二人组合，直到Brian正式加入，YYY才立定Garage Punk明确乐符走向。就在同乡The Strokes/鼓击乐团和The White Stripes/白线条乐团全力支持，成为巡演上的座上嘉宾，嬴得「性感与质感兼具的车库摇滚」之美誉。声名逐步在地下摇滚界攀升，独立厂牌旗下陆续推出的作品，同获不小骚动与推崇。2003年签入主流大厂旗下问世之作『Fever To Tell』，进驻全美流行专辑排行Top55位置，并获得葛莱美奖「最佳另类音乐专辑」提名。纯粹以年轻人的思维大声且直接告诉大家YYY所喜爱之乐种，引领复古与时兴摇滚之共鸣，为新世纪乐种冠上新注解，沾染出深具前瞻性的音乐图像。
2006初春发行的第二张主流大厂专辑『Show Your Bones』，大胆采用制作界新秀Squeak E. Clean，试图齐力激迸出更为灿烂的火花。开场曲"Gold Lion"，以Acoustic吉他拨动指引出隆隆作响鼓噪气流，不时被Karen奔放腔调挑起注意力；畅快顺耳的吉他音线流入耳中，摇摆放肆的"Way Out"，早已冲撞出手舞足蹈兴奋音浪；Karen的感染力强烈声调，搭着节节上扬庞克劲道"Honeybear"，处处透着独树一帜的豁然爆发力度；小巧精干的"Mysteries"一气呵成释放激烈吉他与人声相互极致搭腔；接连"The Sweets"及"Warrior"两首单曲，谱化出动人抒情小品，令人回味再三。更为内敛的摇滚气度，时而爆发无法招架之猛度，时而呈现低郁顺畅之音符，Yeah Yeah Yeahs全新出击，要让你刮目相看。
As explosive as they seem on the surface, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are also an ambitious, thoughtful band that keep pushing the boundaries of their music. They moved from the rawness of their early EPs to the polished art-punk of their first full-length in just over two years, and this drive to keep topping themselves is what led to breakthroughs like Fever to Tell's gorgeous ballad and hit single "Maps." After taking three years to follow up Fever to Tell, and scrapping many of the songs that they came up with while on tour supporting that album, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs returned with Show Your Bones, the yin to their debut album's yang. While Fever to Tell and "Maps" dealt with falling in love (and being more than a little freaked out about it), Show Your Bones is a breakup album. It's funny -- if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs had made this album earlier in their career, Karen O's cutting lyrics and Nicolas Zinner's choppy guitars would've sliced the poor ex to pieces; after all, on "Bang," from their self-titled debut EP, they (hilariously) wrote off a lame one-night stand with "as a f*ck, son, you sucked." Show Your Bones, however, tries to go much deeper than that. It's only natural that using heartbreak as inspiration would lead to brooding, reflective songs, but the fiery, independent spirit that made the Yeah Yeah Yeahs so great initially is drained out of this album. Even on the rockers, Show Your Bones is too subdued, restrained, and overthought. The cryptic lead single "Gold Lion" (which sounds like a mash-up of Love and Rockets' "No New Tale to Tell" and Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Peek a Boo") is vague and a little plodding; though it eventually worms its way into listeners' heads, it's surprisingly unfocused, compared to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' previous singles. "Phenomena," with its stomping riffs and fazer-like synths, is a more natural progression from the Fever to Tell style, but it still ends up feeling more indulgent than inventive. Aptly enough for the kind of album it is, Show Your Bones' softer songs are some of its strongest: "Dudley" sounds a little bit like Sonic Youth covering the nursery rhyme "Hush, Little Baby," while "Cheated Hearts" is a big, rousing ballad in the vein of "Maps." And, as on Fever to Tell, the band loosens up as Show Your Bones unfolds, coming up with some interesting songs in the process. "Mysteries" is a jealous cowpunk number that sounds tossed-off, but has more bite and fun in it than the rest of the album. On "Turn Into," the band takes this twangy sound and turns it sweet, resulting in one of their best songs yet.