This morning it was announced that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are back. It's been about four years since their last album Some Loud Thunder was released, and six years since they played our Movable Hype ...

The album as a self-contained unit of artistic expression holds a fascinating place in the musical landscape. For some, the rise in streaming culture has reduced its significance, with listeners able ...

Initially, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s self-titled debut album was meant to be a four-track EP. But after acquiring extra studio time, Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Alex Ounsworth, drummer Sean ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with a huge tour and a vinyl reissue. The dates kick off in spring 2025 with a North American run that ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah follow up their 2011 album Hysterical and 2013 EP Little Moments with self-released new LP Only Run, out June 3. The first single "Coming Down", above, features a familiar ...

Clapping is both a scientific event and a social gesture. A study explores the complex physics behind the sound of clapping. The noise originates from compressed air, not just hand collisions.

Over the past two decades, Alec Ounsworth has continued to steadily release new music under the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah name, most recently 2021's New Fragility. But Ounsworth also realizes that most ...