Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Announces Solo Project
Anti-Records announce the upcoming release of Mo Beauty from celebrated singer/songwriter Alec Ounsworth. The Philadelphia native, who earned acclaim with his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, recently recorded his debut solo record in the music-steeped metropolis of New Orleans at the famed Piety St. recording studio.
The tracklisting for Mo Beauty is:
1. Modern Girl ( . . . with scissors)
2. Bones in the Grave
3. Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (song for New Orleans)
4. That is not my Home (after Bruegel)
5. Idiots in the Rain
6. South Philadelphia (Drug Days)
7. What Fun.
8. Me and You, Watson
9. Obscene Queen Bee #2
10. When You’ve No Eyes
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Statues
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are making an mp3 of demo version of the track “Statues” for free download. They just want your email address in return. They also played the song last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Download: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Statues (Requires Email To Get Link)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Underwater (You & Me)
CYHSAY first album took me ages to really get used to, maybe it was Alec Ounsworth’s vocal or the hype. But, it has become an old friend now. Anticipation has been high for album number two. While, listening to “Some Loud Thunder”, the album will surprise a lot of people. I noticed a true gem of a tune hidden right at the end. “Underwater” just hit a chord with me unlike a song has in a long time. It is slightly repetitive, but the last bit where it starts to get quite and you hear the lines “We’ll retreat to the bottom of the sea./We were destined to live out our lives underwater, you and me” ever so quietly it is a powerful moment.
By John Siwicki