Yeasayer — La Blogothèque Take Away Show, 2008

A Take Away Show filmed by La Blogothèque in 2008, around Yeasayer, a New York band and figure of the Brooklyn experimental pop scene. The group performs “2080” and “Tightrope”, two striking songs from its early days, in the mobile, acoustic format invented by the French outlet. Stripped of machines and the stage, this filmed live reveals the raw material of Yeasayer’s music: layered vocal harmonies, polyrhythms inherited from world music and psychedelic melodies that made the band singular. The capture conveys the collective, hands-on spirit of a 2000s indie scene in full ferment. For the experimental-pop enthusiast, this Take Away Show offers a precious document on a band that helped define the Brooklyn sound, between folk-rock, electro-pop and global influences. An intimate and inventive live concert, representative of La Blogothèque’s approach, which always sought to capture music as close as possible to those who make it. The clip endures as a snapshot of a scene that reshaped American indie music in the years that followed.