The album as a self-contained unit of artistic expression holds a fascinating place in the musical landscape. For some, the rise in streaming culture has reduced its significance, with listeners able ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the group led by singer-songwriter Alec Ounsworth, will release new album, New Fragility, on February 12 via CYHSY/Secretly Distribution. Today, another heartfelt single, ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah blew a lot of minds when they released a fully independent self-titled first album in 2005. They had no record label, no manager, no nothing, and at a time when even “indie” ...

Initially, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s self-titled debut album was meant to be a four-track EP. But after acquiring extra studio time, Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Alex Ounsworth, drummer Sean ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced a new album: New Fragility arrives January 29, 2021 (via CYHSY/Secretly Distribution). Today, the Alec Ounsworth–fronted group have shared two new singles, ...

Still, this is a Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song called “CYHSY, 2005,” so forgive us for seeking some deeper commentary on the group’s fate as hype-cycle sacrificial lambs. According to Ounsworth, the ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah‘s beloved self-titled debut LP turns 20 this coming June, and to celebrate they’ve announced a big 2025 tour where they’ll perform it in full. No word on what the lineup of ...

I start this week's show with a new song Julien Baker recorded with her boygenius band mates and friends, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers. It's called "Favor." Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is back with a ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were the bloggers’ darlings of 2005, winning converts with their danceable rhythms and charmingly lo-fi aesthetic. Simply put, their self-titled debut was fun. The only ...