The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been fairly quiet of late. At least since last July when they released their Is Is EP. And became one of the first Western rock bands to play China, at the Modern Sky festival in Beijing. Ok I guess not that quiet then.

But now from the depths of MySpace comes news of their impending third record. Where the band recorded their debut Fever to Tell in New York and follow up Show Your Bones in LA, the trio have now gone halfway between. Into the badlands of rural America. Country record? Not sure. The tail end of Show Your Bones certainly toyed with a darker, more weary acoustic side of band. No 'She Got the Goldmine and I Got the Shaft' though.

From the MySpace:

COOKING IN THE KITCHEN

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been hopscotching down the road less traveled- from a barn in the Northeast to a ranch in the Southwest on our journey for the next sound. Why go RURAL? We're not yet sure ourselves, but one thing the city don't have that the country got is SPACE and there has been plenty of spacing out in the studio as of late.

They also go on about something to do with er, kittens. And how influential they've been. Okaaay.

KITTEN FACTOR

Fuzzy soft muses aka kittens have played a major role in the writing process of YYYs current and past records. Show Your Bones was written in Sam Spiegel's home studio amidst the birth of a litter of kittens, little gold lions scrambling around. Amazingly therapeutic, nothing turns a frown upside down (there are many frowns in the record writing process) as a purring kitten in your lap. Alas our favorite kitten of all beloved SQUEAKER arrived just in time for record three! Abandoned by his mother, we've watched him grow before our very eyes from a blind and helpless little thing into a frisky and fierce little beauty- much like the tunes we're writing. Go figure.


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