Yeasayer

Yeasayer is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York. Live performances sometimes include psychedelic visuals projected in the background. The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton. Their music has been self-described as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel". The band first came to national attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Yeasayer toured with MGMT and Man Man during the spring of 2008 in the United States and Europe. They have also played the Hove Festival 2008, Lollapalooza 2008 in Chicago's Grant Park, Austin City Limits Festival 2008, Reading/Leeds Festival 2008 on the NME/BBC1 stage, at the Pavillion Stage at Roskilde Festival 2008, at Pitchfork Music Festival 2009, provided support to Beck on the European leg of his Modern Guilt tour in Summer 2008, played at Bonnaroo in 2009, and performed at Rock the Garden 2009 in Minneapolis' Walker Art Center.Yeasayer recently revealed in an interview with Pitchfork that they had finished their sophomore album and it would be released on February 09, 2010. There are four new songs they've been playing live; the four new songs are "Madder Red", "O.N.E.", "I Remember", and "Am... more...