Yeah Yeah Yeahs instantly justfied their comeback in June with the single "Spitting Off The Edge of the World," a firework medley of a song with a Perfume Genius feature as well as the bone-deep feeling of catharsis that the New York art-punk group does so well.
With the September 16 release of their upcoming album Cool It Down fast approaching, Yeah Yeah Yeahs have shared another new track called "Burning." Never a band to avoid the dancefloor genres, Yeah Yeah Yeahs bring a thunderstorm into the disco for "Burning." Speaking with Apple Music, Karen O discussed the influences: "It just reminded me of kind of a sixties or seventies jam.
There's a nod to Frankie Valli, 'Beggin’'. I think I was also channeling some Gloria Gaynor, 'I Will Survive.'” Read Next: The 20 best rock songs right now Later in the interview, Karen O discussed how the entire planet going to shit inspired Cool It Down. "The Yeah Yeahs were born in trouble times, like literally just right after 9/11 happened and changed the world.
And so, it's kind of our comfort zone to a certain degree, to be like, you know, that stakes are high. What do we have to give?
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