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    XPN Welcomes Yeasayer

    XPN Welcomes Yeasayer

    Presented by Trocadero Theatre at Trocadero Theatre

    May 5, 2010


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    First Philly show in almost a year! Yeasayer are from Brooklyn and their debut album came out to much acclaim in 2008 on Monitor Records. It's like Fleetwood Mac, Akron/Family, Paul Simon, Arcade Fire, Cree chant, schoolyard songs. It's dancing alone under a streetlight, in your room with the lights on, or in a club on those hot strange first hours of the new year. It's a night garden. It's a pop song. It's soft rock, New Wave, and art music. It's got heart-thump drums, distant xylophone, clarinet, guitars, voices in harmony. It's got piano and backwards-playing tape. It's got the kitchen sink -- and all these things under starlight. At SXSW they provided tambourine, dance moves & backup vocals at a Hanson gig. Now they're opening for Frog Eyes. I should not have to tell you to pay attention to a band cherished by both the creators of "MMMbop" and "One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats". I should not have to tell you, friends, but still I'm going to: PAY ATTENTION.


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        Trocadero Theatre

        1003 Arch Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19107

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets: $15

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        May 5, 2010

        Times:
        8 pm

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