Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | |
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 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2006) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | www.clapyourhandssayyeah.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Alec Ounsworth | |
Guitar, keyboard
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Lee Sargent |
Guitar, keyboard |
Robbie Guertin (until July 2012) |
| Tyler Sargent (until July 2012) | |
Guitar, drums
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Sean Greenhalgh |
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an indie rock band from Brooklyn , New York , USA .
history
The band's first album, also called Clap Your Hands Say Yeah , was released in 2005. David Bowie and David Byrne are prominent followers. They were named "Hot New Band" of the year 2005 by Rolling Stone . On October 3, 2005, they signed a recording deal with Wichita Recordings . Except for Ounsworth, who lives in Philadelphia , all of the band members live in Brooklyn. Her single Is This Love hit the UK charts in December 2005. On January 30, 2007, the second album Some Loud Thunder was released.
Frontman Alec Ounsworth has a side project ( Flashy Python and the Body-Snatchers ) while drummer Sean Greenhalgh also plays in the Guns N 'Roses tribute band Mr. Brownstone . Robbie Guertin and Tyler Sargent also play in the band Unhibitable Mansions .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2005 | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
DE66 (1 week) DE |
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CH95 (1 week) CH |
UK26 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: June 28, 2005
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| 2007 | Some Loud Thunder |
DE88 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK45 (1 week) UK |
US47 (2 weeks) US |
First published: January 29, 2007
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| 2011 | Hysterical | - | - | - | - |
US122 (1 week) US |
First published: September 20, 2011
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more publishments
- 2006: Fall 2006 Tour EP
- 2007: Live at Lollapalooza
- 2013: Little Moments EP
- 2014: Only Run
- 2017: The Tourist
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 2005 | Is This Love? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
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UK74 (1 week) UK |
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First published: December 5, 2005
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| 2006 | In This Home on Ice Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
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UK68 (1 week) UK |
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First published: February 27, 2006
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More singles
- 2006: The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
- 2007: Satan Said Dance
Web links
- Official website
- Review ( February 10, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) by Pitchfork Media
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US
