Yeah Yeah Yeahs Essentials

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Essentials

"Maps" is one of the most gorgeous post-punk songs ever written, a garage-rock love letter that builds from a gritty breakdown to a transcendent chorus so melodic Beyoncé squeezed it into Lemonade. But it wouldn't be half as moving if it weren't for Karen O's soft, mysterious voice, the rare instrument that can express joy, pain and resignation in the same breath. On other songs from the New York band's 2003 debut LP, she shouts with the ferocity of a No Wave nihilist. And she chants over the haunting keys and churning guitar on synth-punk time bomb "Heads Will Roll" as if to announce the apocalypse.

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