The wait is over. The big cat is out of the bag. Yeah Yeah Yeahs release the first single Gold Lion from their new album Show Your Bones on 20th March 2006 with the album out hot on its heels the following week.Gold Lion is our first taste of new YYYs material - a big and bold, acoustic-riff driven strut with amped-up razor edge guitars care of Nick Zinner, a bad-ass Brian Chase beat and a fever-indusing turn by singer Karen O topped off with swoonsome "ooh oohs".Show Your Bones was recorded in LA with producer Squeak E. Clean, and mixed in London with Alan Moulder. "Show Your Bones is what happens when you put your finger in a light socket," says singer Karen O. "Maybe there is some of that electric current flowing through the tracks of our album illuminating us from the inside out for you to laugh at and cry to or fry to. Or not."In the meantime, Fever To Tell was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album; Karen fell off a stage in Sydney and nearly broke her neck; Fever To Tell was certified Gold on both sides of the Atlantic; Brian played in many bands (including Seconds) and tried many hair cuts; YYY released the DVD Tell me What Rockers to Swallow and were forced to add a disclaimer due to the content of violence; Nick released a book of his photographs I Hope You Are All Happy Now and later had his camera stolen; the video for Maps was nominated at MTV's Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction/Best Cinematography/Mtv2 Award; Karen and Nick collaborated with Har Mar Superstar for separate sleazy songs on his The Handler album; The New York Times chose Fever To Tell as the best album of the year; MTV.com reports the new album is a concept album about a metaphysical journey with cat Coco and titled Coco Beware and some believe what they read; Brian learned to cook Indian food and divine fine wine while studying tabla; Nick went on tour with Bright Eyes and gave up coffee; the band played with Devo in Central Park; oh - and Karen, Nick and Brian laughed and thought and fought with each other lots. And lots.
