Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

(Interscope) CD, LP coming
Show Your Bones just didn’t quite have it did it? Everyone just seemed to be pining for another “Date With The Night” or “Maps”, to no avail. It’s Blitz! feels like Karen O & co. have shaken off the idea that they can retrieve their initial post-punk energy – here they sound assured & well, older. Opener “Zero” has the pop flare, but isn’t cluttered or mixed amid racket – it’s just a great pop song, replete with tip-of-the-tongue sing-along bits. Synths make a dramatic step forward, cleaning up much of the sonic image & really helping hang Karen O. in a new light (we all know she sound awesome over a crazy punky riff…). On the whole, this trio sound refreshed… It’s Blitz! is well thought & well crafted return.