Yeasayer – Live @ Pitchfork

July 28, 2009

It was pretty amazing to see how far Yeasayer has come since I saw them two years ago opening up a Pygmalion Festival show with just over a dozen people watching. The band’s popularity has obviously seen a huge increase, their electronica-based psychedelic jams were played in front of one of the largest and most enthuiastic crowds of the day. The band itself has made some changes as well adding the ever-talented Sinkane (of Caribou, Of Montreal fame) on percussion/keys which intensified their highly danceable rhythms. Yeasayer’s performance was fantastic in nearly every way, Chris Keating has evolved into a soulful, dynamic frontman and each his bandmates played their roles to perfection.

The band’s setlist was filled with both new songs from their still-untitled fall album and some of the most memorable tracks from their debut, All Hours Cymbals. The new tracks all sounded brilliant, incorporating a more full-bodied and upbeat sound.  I twittered during the set that the new Yeasayer album is going to be epic, and that opinion still stands. One of my favorite moments of the festival occurred during the lush, spacey grooves of  ”2080″ when the skies briefly opened letting the rain pour down. This only served to invigorate the crowd as they chanted along to the song’s magnificent refrain. Immediately after, the band  went into “Sunrise, which fittingly brought the sun out from behind the clouds for the rest of their set.

MP3 Get In The Sunrise

Follow the jump for more Yeasayer pictures. Click here to see the full set.

Posted by Taylor in Festival, Live