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If All Hour Cymbals was Yeasayer’s attempt at global and ambient cultural mash-up then their new record Odd Blood takes place on an offworld colony sometime after the singularity. Glimmering reverb haze is eschewed and replaced by a cavalcade of disorienting pitch effects and flickering ectoplasmic wisps. Instead of layered vocal harmonies the processed vocals congeal into blots and blobs of otherworldly chatter. Many organic elements are left behind and replaced by truly unique sounds and rhythms that inspire the body as much as the mind. Recorded & produced by the band - along with engineer Steve Revitte and mixer Britt Myers – the album reinforces the band as accomplished audiologists who are willing to pilfer decades of pop sensibilities in order to spray out a very cosmopolitan, very New York psychedelic, dubbed out, electro-pop without ever seeming derivative or contrived.

♫ Yeasayer - O.N.E. (XXXChange Remix)