Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Its Blitz' album

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' first full-length album in three years, It's Blitz!, (DGC/Interscope) will hit stores on April 14th. And with it, the trio will unveil their all-new sound, one that has Nick Zinner predominantly ditching his guitar for a synth.

The New York trio cinsists of: singer Karen O, guitarist Nicolas Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase.

"When Karen orders, 'No guitars for Nick!' it makes you approach things in a different way," Zinner says in the cover story of SPIN's March issue. "Our producer was flabbergasted," drummer Brian Chase adds. "He was pleading, 'Nick, you're the best guitarist we have in rock'n'roll right now and here you are, playing all these synths.'"

The 10-track album, the follow-up to 2006's Show Your Bones, was recorded in numerous rural locations across the country, from El Paso's Sonic Ranch studio to a farm in Massachusetts. It was produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek and Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Talking Heads, INXS). Bird and the Bee maestro/Lily Allen producer Greg Kurtsin, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, and saxophonist Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), among others, contribute to the new album.

According to the band, It's Blitz! was inspired by the '70s disco collaborations between Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and R&B songstress Donna Summer, Joy Division, and, well, Karen O's love of dancing.

"There's no comparison to the feeling you get when you're dancing like your life depends on it," Karen O says.

The band will play the Coachella festival on April 19th before heading overseas for a European tour that looks to take them halfway through the summer.

"Zero" is It's Blitz!'s first single, a building, synth-pop anthem with a little Blondie and a big hook impacts Alternative on February 24th.

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