Yeah Yeah Yeahs Return With New Album 'Cool It Down'

Casually unveiling today their first new album in nine years (!), Yeah Yeah Yeahs thrill fans with Cool It Down, bringing back together the world-beating team of Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase. Reigniting the trio's creative spark like they've never been apart, from majestic opening collaboration with Perfume Genius 'Spitting Off The Edge Of The World' to shimmering spoken word closer 'Mars', Cool It Down delivers eight epic-scale new Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs in all their inimitable style — recorded with producers Dave Sitek, Justin Raisen and Andrew Wyatt. Karen O spilled the beans about the huge feelings and sense of urgency represented by the NYC band's fifth studio long player...

“Music has been a lifeline for me and Nick (Zinner) and Brian (Chase) over the last 21 years, as it is for so many people. It’s a safe haven for big emotions. So in 2021 when we could be together again, all the joy, the pain, and deepest gratitude for music came pouring out of our hearts song after song.

For a lot of the songs on this record, we’re giving voice to the feelings I want to hear reflected back to me in music. It’s confrontational, and it’s emotional, and it’s addressing things that nobody wants to look at. As an artist, there’s a responsibility to do that. I know when I feel that reflected back to me, I’m so grateful, because it makes me feel less crazy and less alone in the world. That’s where music reigns. This record was a chance for us to use that superpower. This record feels like it has a different kind of urgency.

Cool it Down is out now and is in many ways our love letter to you who have been waiting hanging in there and to you who have just found us Yes! We are so happy to be back! Yes! This baby is OUT! Wait! They don’t love you like we do."

'Cool It Down' is out today via Secretly Canadian — vinyl and compact disc orders available HERE.