damn, those Yeasayer kids are going to be kind of a big deal, and Warpaint kind of rulz the schulz, too, so i was really looking forward to tonights First Fridays‘ double header tonight at the Natural History Museum. (Deer Tick closes out the season on March 5th.) oh well, as compensation here’s a bunch of awesome Yeasayer-ness. firstly, their new album, Odd Blood, which has finally released, is available right now to preview in its entirety on their Myspace page here, and it’s also available for download in a variety of packages here. some really great stuff, although nothing as stellar as their Ambling Alp single, NSFW video of which is below. which brings me to my second note. check out the naked psychedelica weirdness of their Ambling Alp Single experience that’s meant to accompany the video at their site here. kind of like watching porn while you drop some acid. (the image above is a screen capture from it.) fuck i love this song. (*update: they’re streaming the live show starting at 8.30 here.)

Yeasayer – Ambling Alp from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Band: Yeasayer
Director: Radical Friend
Production Co: Spy Films / Daft Arts
US Label: Secretly Canadian
UK Label: Mute Records
Producer: Paul Hahn & Jett Steiger
Interactive: Spy Digital – http://www.amblingalp.com/
Interactive Producer: Marcus Trulli
Director of Photography: Kevin Phillips
Production Designer: Megan Fenton
Wardrobe Designs: Elliot Hazel & Diana Contreras
Make-up Designs: William Lemon III
Editor: Robert Grigsby Wilson
VFX: Cedric Hervet
360 Camera Photography: Bill Meikle

tonight indie stalwarts (ooh, that’s a good word! jesus satan has been reading his thesaurus) Band of Horses are bringing their brand of depressing country alt rock to Club Nokia. Angeleno hipster cuties Warpaint have been added as opener, too. check out their video below. tickets for the melancholic evening of fun are still available here.