New York band Yeah Yeah Yeahs have now been absent for long enough that they could call this comeback a reformation, fire out the old favourites one more time and be met with great gratitude. The trio’s last album, Mosquito, came out over nine years ago, more than enough time for long-term fans’ hearts to grow fonder.
The scuzzy garage rock explosion of the early 2000s, led by this band, the Strokes and the White Stripes, is cool again now that a documentary is being made of Lizzy Goodman’s book about the period, Meet Me in the Bathroom, and “indie sleaze” has become an aesthetic beloved of the TikTok generation. Meanwhile Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 2003 song Maps has become an enduring alternative classic, interpolated by Beyoncé on Lemonade and named by NME as the perfect first dance indie wedding song.
