The Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever To Tell
Michael Goldberg, Neumu, April 2003
KAREN O OF the New York trash-rock trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs leaves lots of room in her lyrics. Those lyrics are like idea fragments jotted down in the early morning when you're feeling things really intensely. They're like quick sketches – most of what went on is not on the page.
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