It’s been ten years since Clap Your Hands Say Yeah formed thanks to the combined efforts of a group of friends from Connecticut College and it’s an ode to the band’s survival through group departures and side steps to other projects that when they do make a reappearance the core sound remains as in tact as ever.
It’s easy to recall those heady days of 2005 when CYHSY burst onto the Internet scene, building a hearty backing for their debut album online and winning famous fans in David Bowie and David Byrne and now, on the release and excitement of fourth album Only Run, there’s a return to that early sound.
Front man Alec Ounsworth has always seemed to revel in smaller and more intimate surroundings and set out on a ‘Living Room’ tour earlier in the year as he craved to reconnect with fans in the smallest of settings with his new material.
Words: Danny Brothers
But now the full band is coming with him for a number of European dates in October including an appearance at London’s Electric Ballroom on the 10th.
Full European tour dates:
6/10
Postbahnhof
Berlin, Germany (tickets)
7/10
Botanique Orangerie
Brussels, Belgium (tickets)
8/10
La Maroquinerie
Paris, France (tickets)
9/10
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Holland (tickets)
10/10
Electric Ballroom
London, UK (tickets)
12/10
Academy 3
Manchester, UK (tickets)
13/10
Button Factory
Dublin, IE (tickets)