Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's debut was one of my favorite records of last year, and I've been looking forward to their followup, Some Loud Thunder, to be released January 30th. But why wait? Stereogum has two new tracks available right now: "Love Song no. 7" and "Underwater (You and Me)." (One more song, "Satan Said Dance," is available at their myspace page.)
I've listened to each track just a couple times. My first impression is that they're not terribly different from the previous stuff—which is okay by me, as I haven't tired of them yet. Between this and the Shins, the month of January could wind up better than the whole of 2006! (more on that in the coming weeks.)