Stereogum — It's been more than a decade since the phrase "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" became synonymous with a sort of internet-borne buzz-band status. And while the band never became the iconic indie force that some predicted, frontman Alec Ounsworth has been so... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "The album was a type of purge,' says CYHSY frontman Alec Ounsworth. 'A purge of certain emotional confusion that manifested itself in the last several years. It was not an easy album to make, by virtue of the fact that it was an emotional time for m... more info

Chorus.fm — Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will release their new album, The Tourist, on February 24th via Undertow Records. You can stream the new song, “Fireproof,” below. Track Listing The Pilot A Chance to Cure Down (is where I want to be) Unfolding Above Celi... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, Alec Ounsworth will embark on a North American tour in February. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: CYHSY @ Bowery Ballroom in August (more by Greg Cristman) Just a couple months ago, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah went on a tour playing their self-titled debut in full, and in a few days they'll kick off their... more info

Stereogum — The fine print: You are reading a music blog — or at least an indie-leaning music website that was definitely a blog in 2005 and, okay, is still a blog today, especially after our last couple redesigns — and we as an institution are thereby compl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Teen Men As mentioned, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be on tour this summer, playing Bowery Ballroom on August 1. Tickets for that show are still available but they've now added a second show at Bowery Ballroom the next... more info

Stereogum — Here’s a reminder about a great band from your indie rock past: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, one of the first bands to ever make me feel self-conscious saying their name out loud. Their 2005 self-titled debut was one of a few pivotal albums that reve... more info

Stereogum — Last year we heard Andrew Bird’s cover of the New Pornographers’ “The Fake Headlines,” part of the Yellow Bird Project‘s Good People Rock covers comp. Back then we noted that Elvis Perkins and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s Alec Ounsworth cov... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Pop Montreal 2013 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are about to head out on a tour of living rooms this month (not hitting NYC), and then from May through... more info