Yeasayer release new video and free digital EP

Experimental Brooklyn based rock group Yeasayer is back, this time with new single "I Remember" off last year's Odd Blood and as a special treat they're also giving away a selection of remixes for free. It's not secret that Yeasayer puts out some of the trippest but most engaging music videos out there and their new video is no exception. Directed by friend Sophia Peer, the video follows a biker (whose ex-girlfriend looks strangely similar to Demi Moore) who travels around with bust of his own head made by his biker chick ex-girlfriend. The plot is simple and yet, in true Yeasayer style, is difficult to explain so enjoy the video for Yeasayer's "I Remember":

You can download the three song digital EP at Yeasayer's website here.

Yeasayer premieres new video for "Madder Red"

Brooklyn psychedelic pop rock outfit Yeasayer who released their sophomore album Odd Blood earlier this year in February, have a new video for "Madder Red" that follows in the same weird but awesome footsteps as their videos for "Ambling Alp" and "O.N.E.". However this one features something the others do not: Kristen Bell. The video stars Kristen Bell as an actress with a odd but somehow dissarmingly sweet one-eyed blobbish monster pet. Thorough the video, the pet gets sicker and sicker and Bell pulls out more and more of her acting chops to create an awesome though weird (did I mention it's weird?) video. Watch the video here:

Yeasayer - Odd Blood (2010)

I remember the first time I heard about Yeasayer. Late last year Under the Radar posted the NSFW video for "Ambling Amp" off their then-upcoming second album Odd Blood that featured mirror people, oddly covered slime, and a mob of naked people. I remember while not being entirely turned off by it, I also wasn't that intrigued. See, much like most classically trained musicians reaction to the word "Modern", I regard "experimental" with the same type of suspicion expecting something mind-blowing weird lacking almost completely in musicianship. It's not fair but I've been somewhat jaded in my first couple attempts to immerse myself. Fast forward to a week ago when on a whim I decided to listen to the album. Mind blowing was definitely a way to describe it, lack of musicianship was not. Synthesized voice effects of opener "The Children" aside, the album was a pleasantly surprising mix of soft rock with psychedelic dancepop and world influences. The experimental label comes from the band's songwriting and producing that seeks to recreate and evoke certain emotions using a multitude of ideas and tools.
I can't say I'm a direhard experimental fan now but what I can is that I'm definitely a fan of Yeasayer. Their album, a blend of pop for enjoyment-sake and deep artfully crafted genre-bending rock, is sure to appeal to everyone regardless of genre preference.

Get a taste with the music video for dancey second single "O.N.E":