Yeasayer have unleashed the video for their new single “Madder Red” which, with “Ambling Alp” and “O.N.E.”, makes a trilogy of fantastic and bizarre videos from their second album Odd Blood. This one demonstrates the extent to which Yeasayer’s popularity has risen over the past year; they have managed to snag Hollywood starlet Kristen Bell to star in it.

Bell looks as adorable as ever looking after her giant skull, blob, thing as it suffers. She also finds time to fit in an audition of some sort. For now you can only check out the clip at either The Guardian or Pitchfork.

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with guest Katy Rose

Track list:

We Are Scientists – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (With Love and Squalor)
John Martyn – Sweet Little Mystery (Couldn’t Love You More)
Four Tet – Angel Echoes (There Is Love In You)
Yeasayer – Rome (Odd Blood)
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This))
Pizzicato Five – Twiggy Twiggy/Twiggy vs. James Bond
Gorillaz – Superfast Jellyfish (Plastic Beach)
Maximo Park – Acrobat (A Certain Trigger)
Franz Ferdinand – All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem Cover)
Shearwater – Black Eyes (The Golden Archipelago)
Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind (part 2) (The Element of Freedom)
Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook (Með suð I eyrum við spilum endalaust)
Stereophonics – Local Boy In The Photograph (Word Gets Around)
Mount Eerie – Wind Speaks (Wind’s Poem)
Emmy The Great – Dylan (First Love)
David Thomas Broughton – Ever Rotating Sky (The Complete Guide To Insufficiency)

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Jimmy Fallon is proving to be the slightly cooler version of Carson Daly these days when it comes to late night television. It was not long ago when he invited Raekwon to perform on his show, and he recently nabbed Yeasayer to bring their special brand of psychedelia-influenced pop. They played “Ambling Alp,” complete with bells!

As much as we all hate the Animal Collective comparisons, their stage set-up does seem to take cues from Animal Collective’s staging for their Merriweather Post Pavilion tour. Just an observation.

Yeasayer’s new album, Odd Blood, is currently available on Secretly Canadian. You should also check out this new “Ambling Alp” remix below:

Yeasayer – “Ambling Alp (The Very Best Remix)”

We still have a little under two weeks before Yeasayer drops their much-anticipated next album, Odd Blood. In the meantime, record label Secretly Canadian has released the song “O.N.E.” as a second single on the band’s website (run over there to snag the free download, stat).

The physical release of “O.N.E.” is expected on March 23. Odd Blood will be available on February 8 in the U.K. (via Mute) and February 9 in North America (via Secretly Canadian).

It’s no secret; at onethirtybpm, we are big fans of the new Yeasayer record. It’s not out properly until February 9, but hopefully our review of this extraordinarily accomplished album will whet your appetite ’til then.

It’s also no secret that despite the fact that Odd Blood contains pop so intricately arranged and produced it almost becomes dizzying, none of that magic is lost in a live setting. Yeasayer has just announced a whole swag of tour dates across Europe and North America over the coming months, and save for the two New York shows on February 8 and 9, tickets are available for everything. Heed our advice and check them out.

FEBRUARY 5 at NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM in LOS ANGELES, CA
FEBRUARY 8 at BOWERY BALLROOM in NEW YORK, NY (Sold Out)
FEBRUARY 9 at MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG in BROOKLYN, NY (Sold Out)
FEBRUARY 16 at ACADEMY 2 in BIRMINGHAM, UK
FEBRUARY 17 at KING TUTS in GLASGOW, UK
FEBRUARY 19 at ACADEMY in DUBLIN, IRELAND
FEBRUARY 20 at SPEAKEASY in BELFAST, IRELAND
FEBRUARY 21 at ACADEMY 3 in MANCHESTER, UK
FEBRUARY 22 at THE FAVERSHAM in LEEDS, UK
FEBRUARY 23 at HEAVEN (NME SHOW) in LONDON, UK
FEBRUARY 25 at THEKLA in BRISTOL, UK
FEBRUARY 26 at DIGITAL in BRIGHTON, UK
FEBRUARY 28 at LUXOR in KOLN, GERMANY
MARCH 1 at TRIX CLUB in ANTWERP, BELGIUM
MARCH 4 at KB in MALMO, SWEDEN
MARCH 5 at DEBASER in STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
MARCH 6 at ROCKENFELLER in OSLO, NORWAY
MARCH 8 at VEGA SMALL HALL in COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
MARCH 9 at KNUST in HAMBURG, GERMANY
MARCH 10 at POSTBAHNHOF in BERLIN, GERMANY
MARCH 11 at 59/1 in MUNICH, GERMANY
MARCH 12 at ZUKUNFT in ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
MARCH 13 at CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI in ROME, ITALY
MARCH 14 at TUNNEL in MILAN, ITALY
MARCH 16 at APOLO 2 in BARCELONA, SPAIN
MARCH 17 at MOBY DICK in MADRID, SPAIN
MARCH 19 at POINT FMR in PARIS, FRANCE buy tickets
MARCH 20 at PARADISO in AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
APRIL 3 at 9:30 CLUB in WASHINGTON DC
APRIL 4 at CATS CRADLE in CHAPEL HILL, NC
APRIL 5 at ORANGE PEEL in ASHEVILLE, NC
APRIL 6 at MASQUERADE in ATLANTA, GA
APRIL 7 at HI-TONE CAFE in MEMPHIS, TN
APRIL 8 at GRANADA THEATER in DALLAS, TX
APRIL 9 at HOUSE OF BLUES HOUSTON in HOUSTON, TX
APRIL 10 at THE PARISH in AUSTIN, TX
APRIL 11 at THE PARISH in AUSTIN, TX
APRIL 14 at CLUB CONGRESS in TUCSON, AZ
APRIL 15 at RHYTHM ROOM in PHOENIX, AZ
APRIL 17 at THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM in SAN FRANCISCO, CA
APRIL 19 at WONDER BALLROOM in PORTLAND, OR
APRIL 20 at NEUMOS in SEATTLE, WA
APRIL 21 at COMMODORE BALLROOM in VANCOUVER, BC
APRIL 23 at IN THE VENUE in SALT LAKE CITY, UT
APRIL 24 at BLUEBIRD THEATER in DENVER, CO
APRIL 25 at WAITING ROOM in OMAHA, NE
APRIL 26 at GARGOYLE CLUB in SAINT LOUIS, MO
APRIL 27 at VARSITY THEATER in MINNEAPOLIS, MN
APRIL 28 at MAJESTIC THEATRE in MADISON, WI
APRIL 29 at METRO in CHICAGO, IL
APRIL 30 at GROG SHOP in CLEVELAND, OH
MAY 1 at LEES PALACE in TORONTO, ON
MAY 2 at LA SALA ROSSA in MONTREAL, QUEBEC
MAY 3 at PARADISE in BOSTON, MA
MAY 4 at WEBSTER HALL in NEW YORK, NY
MAY 5 at THE TROCODERO in PHILADELPHIA, PA

Links to buy tickets are set out on this page.

Yeasayer, riding a wave of publicity on the eve of the release of their second album, are poised to earn an even bigger following with the fantastic and accessible Odd Blood (Album Review). Singer, guitarist and songwriter Anand Wilder tells onethirtybpm all about the recording of the album, from their influences to its sequencing, explains their visual style, and comments on the album’s early internet leak in an eye-opening interview.
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Yeasayer

Odd Blood

[Secretly Canadian; 2010]

Links: Yeasayer | Secretly Canadian | Purchase on Insound

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Yesterday, the psychedelic-meets-futuristic artwork was revealed for the upcoming Yeasayer album, Odd Blood (due Feb. 9, 2010 on Secretly Canadian).

Front:

Back:

It seems very fitting for an album that Secretly Canadian describes as being sonically divided into two halves, with the first part representing “twisted chopped and screwed” pop, and the second half of the album representing “paranoid” science fiction-tinged experimentalism. The artwork for the front and back covers seem to correspond to the sound perfectly. We can’t wait to see what the rest of the packaging entails.

The album artwork was designed by Benjamin Phelan. You can check out the rest of his work here.