Artist: Yeasayer Review: Like their Brooklyn neighbors Dirty Projectors and Animal Collective, Yeasayer are pioneers of a scene that refuses to choose between a sense of experimental adventure and pure pop pleasure. It's a balance they're perfecting as they grow older: On their 2007 debut, they were freak-folkies with a knack for creating hot Eastern-flavored grooves (check out the hallucinatory video for "Wait for the Summer"). On their follow-up, they dive deeper into electronics and big Eighties beats (literally: The... Rating: 4 Stars

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