KEXP Seattle — This week features a gold mine of amazing new releases hailing from legendary musicians to up-and-coming, best new artists of the year contenders. Brooklyn band Yeasayer released their second album, Odd Blood, the followup to their breakthrough debut... more info

Popdose — The Brooklyn-based band (yes, another one!) Yeasayer garnered a lot of positive critical and public attention with their 2007 debut album All Hours Cymbals. Following rigorous touring in support of the album, the band retreated to upstate New York to... more info

MTV.com News — After hitting stores Tuesday, it's already being heralded as a top album of the year.By James Montgomery Yeasayer Photo: MTV News Those in the know have been buzzing about Yeasayer's Odd Blood for months now, ever since the Brooklyn avant-... more info

VH1 News — Yeasayer lead us through Odd Blood, track by track. After hitting stores Tuesday, it's already being heralded as a top album of the year. more info

DrownedInSound — Okay, you’ve heard Yeasayer’s second set, Odd Blood, but are you entirely sure what the band are harping on about? The band’s Anand Wilder provides some clues to their future-pop odyssey with this here track by track guide. ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Things start bleak on "Odd Blood." Things start bleak on "Odd Blood." more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Things start bleak on "Odd Blood." The second album from worldly Brooklyn art rockers Yeasayer opens with "The Children," a post-apocalyptic mix of clanks, clacks, distorted vocals, manipulated instruments and dooming electronic effects. Yet in many ... more info

Persona Sauna — ...then you might fancy The Ruby Suns. These New Zealanders share music for the masses who are willing to sit down and have a listen. Their latest album, Fight Softly, is a bit different sounding than their previous two releases, but if that means n... more info

Stereogum — L.A.'s Natural History Museum invited Yeasayer to headline their most recent First Fridays event, because Yeasayer love playing museums. Like that Guggenheim show, the band was paired with some ascendant local talent -- in October it was Brooklyn'... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — This week brings new albums by The Watson Twins (Talking to You, Talking to Me) and Yeasayer (Odd Blood), but I am more excited by the new releases by singer-songwriters Gil Scott-Heron (I'm New Here) and Kath Bloom (Thin... more info