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Fever to Tell
Rock · 2003 · 9 tracks

Fever to Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

A jagged, sweat-soaked collision of art-punk aggression and bruised romanticism. The definitive sound of early 2000s New York City after dark.

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It's the record that proves you can be a total punk and still have a giant, breaking heart.

A high-tension wire act between feral garage-rock aggression and fragile, late-night intimacy.

Fever to Tell · vs · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Raw+2.6σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Rich
3:37
02
Date With the Night
2:36
03
Man
1:51
04
Tick
1:50
05
Black Tongue
3:00
07
Cold Light
2:17
08
No No No
5:15
10
Y Control
4:02
11
Modern Romance / Poor Song
7:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the chaotic noise of the first half into the devastatingly simple guitar line of Maps.
Karen O's feral, animalistic shrieks during the breakdown of Date With the Night.
The way the drums on Tick sound like they are physically trying to break through the speakers.
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