Yeasayer

• http://www.myspace.com/yeasayer
• http://www.yeasayer.net/
• The music of Brooklyn's Yeasayer is an eclectic, genre-bending journey into pop, druggy rock, Middle Eastern and African musics, folk, and dub. Vocalist/keyboardist Chris Keating and vocalist/guitarist Anand Wilder were both raised in Baltimore, where they honed their vocal skills in a barbershop quartet and initiated a musical partnership before leaving town to attend different colleges. Years later, the two relocated to New York and began shaping the project that would soon become Yeasayer. Wilder's cousin, Ira Wolf Tuton, joined as the group's bassist, and drummer Luke Fasano solidified the lineup in May 2006. The band set to work on recording their debut album, All Hour Cymbals, which was unveiled in October 2007.
  --by Kenyon Hopkin