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 ...

The DIY success of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in 2005 instilled garage bands and dudes with nasally voices with a newfound faith in the can-do spirit. Clap’s latest effort finds the band remaining label ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with a huge tour and a vinyl reissue. The dates kick off in spring 2025 with a North American run that ...

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 ...

For Alec Ounsworth, front man and principal songwriter for the indie rock band, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the past four years have been beset by turmoil. Some of the reasons for the recent struggles ...

Super Furry Animals have added three more date to their first tour in a decade, with second shows in Glasgow, Llandudo and London. Getdown Services open most shows. NYC indie stalwarts Bishop Allen ...

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 ...

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Over the past two decades, Alec Ounsworth has continued to steadily release new music under the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah name, most recently 2021’s New Fragility. But Ounsworth also realizes that most ...