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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an indie artist from Brooklyn, USA formed in 2004. 11 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Brooklyn, USA · Best indie albums
- 11
- Releases
- 2005–2024
- Active years
- 2004
- Formed
Artist
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an indie artist from Brooklyn, USA formed in 2004. 11 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2005
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (often abbreviated CYHSY) is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005. The band, whose members met years earlier at Connecticut College, formed in the beginning of 2004 and played shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They are notable for achieving their initial fame and commercial success via the internet rather than through a record label. Shortly after the release of their first album, they received attention from numerous MP3 blogs and a favorable review from Pitchfork Media, who gave the band a "Best New Music" commendation. The ensuing demand for the album was so great that the band was forced to repress the CD, as the initial production run was too small. They garnered even more press after David Bowie and David Byrne were spotted at some of the band's shows in 2005. On October 3, 2005, they were signed to Wichita Recordings in the UK. The band members live in Brooklyn, with the exception of Ounsworth who lives in Philadelphia. The band released their second album, Some Loud Thunder on January 29, 2007, in the UK, and January 30, 2007, i…
