What is beauty? This is something that I have been thinking about lately. Where I find the most beauty is in music. To express one’s self in music is, for me, the pinnacle of art. One of my favorite bands, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, capture so much emotion and primal energy and come up with beautiful music. It’s not conventional beauty – just like it’s front woman Karen o – but it’s something I can’t help but be attracted to. Especially Karen O – who radiates the sexuality and power that is at the core of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ music.

There is a chaos to it and the primal screams of Karen O are poetic in their sexuality and power. The timbre of Nick Zinner’s guitar and pounding rhythm of Brian Chase captures an energy of New York. While I haven’t fully digested the dance beats of the new album, their older material is considerably interwoven into my life. I’m looking forward to hearing the new album and seeing what place it takes in the canon of my life.