Yeasayer News: Yeasayer (Reading & Leeds 2010)

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Something curious about Yeasayer is that no one seems to be able to pin down what they are and just why it is they're so good. They sort of fall randomly into the category of 'indie' but this genre has become so vast that saying so could mean music in the style of anything from Alphabeat to The Smiths.

The same conundrum strikes me with the band's live performance. It was undoubtedly a highlight of the whole weekend, a mindblowing performance that truly stuck with me, but what was it that made it so good? There were no novelty additions, visually...