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Thank goodness for this record. Yeah Yeah Yeahs are so consistent and so talented that I don’t even know how to finish this thought. Since 2003’s Fever to Tell, the New York City rockers have been releasing music on an escalating scale of beautiful and spastic punk rock awesomness that does more for the genre then all of its bands of the previous 20 years combined.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have expanded their punk/indie sound to now include the inevitable third album experimentation that often fails so many great acts. But, the pounding dance grooves and distorted snare drum thumps work so well with Karen O’s lovely yet Don’t-Give-A-Fuck-ish vocals that you would assume it was the band’s long-time signature sound.

Whether it’s the raw energy of “Zero” and “Heads Will Roll” or the introspective ambiance of “Skeleton Me” and “Runaway,” YYY’s simply know how to make amazing records that are both familiar and sonically adventurous. Sometimes bands remain stagnant in what they know and what they do well, and sometimes they break some fucking eggs in their bare hands. On It’z Blitz, the YYYs use an array of ingredients to make a bold, tasty, synth-laden, punk rock indie omelette. That thought ended up in a different place than it started out in.

I personally can’t wait to see Karen O rip her clothes off to “Dull Life” in the pouring rain at an outdoor venue in Brooklyn this summer.