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Fun Fun Fun review: Yeasayer
Jordon Smothermon AMERICAN-STATESMAN
With the much anticipated Death taking the stage 20 minutes late, Brooklyn-based Yeasayer’s set was pushed back and delayed even further as the band went through a painful set of probably necessary sound adjustments on a stage that didn’t really sound good all day. They eventually started, playing a set heavy in material off their forthcoming followup to 2007’s critically acclaimed “All Hour Cymbals.” The new songs, which included “Tightrope,” the band’s contribution to the “Dark Was the Night” compilation, took a considerably more proggy road than the older songs, which integrated a more organic, world-beat element with darker electronic sounds.
While there was something about the synth work in “All Hour Cymbals” that recalled Genesis and other similar bands of the ’80s, the over-the-top keyboard flourishes in new songs seemed much more focused on that element of the band’s sound. Lead singer Chris Keating, in a black suit jacket, has also become considerably more polished since the band first showed up in Austin a couple years back, and his unique ability to fly his voice in any number of directions remains.
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