Clap Your Hands Say Yeah celebrate 20 years of debut with world tour and reissue
nme.comClap Your Hands Say Yeah are set to celebrate 20 years of its self-titled debut album with a world tour and a reissue campaign.In 2025, the band – now the solo project of Alec Ounsworth – commemorates the release of ‘Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’, which launched the band into indie rock stardom in 2005 with singles ‘Is This Love?’ and ‘In This Home On Ice’.
The album was released a year later in the UK via Wichita Recordings.Since then, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have amassed a cult following through the 2010s and beyond, with their last album being 2021’s ‘New Fragility’.In a press release, it’s revealed that the band’s world tour will begin at the end of March in Washington, DC, followed by multiple dates that include a homecoming set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.A post shared by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (@clapyourhandssayyeah)The tour will also include dates in Europe – notably, a two-night engagement at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) in London – along with Australia and New Zealand.
Dates in other countries will be announced by the band soon.The 20th anniversary of ‘Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’ will be issued independently by the band via Secretly Distribution – it comes with a previously unreleased version of ‘Heavy Metal’ recorded in 2004, and it’s now available on streaming platforms.
See tour dates below.MARCH31 – Washington, DC – The AtlantisAPRIL1 – Carrboro, North Carolina – Cat’s Cradle2 – Atlanta, Georgia – Terminal West4 – Ft.
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