Yeah Yeah Yeahs kickstarted their decade with a raucous debut – 2003's Fever to Tell – so it's only fitting that they should see out the noughties with an equally emphatic bang.
This third album owed more to the Moog than to the crackling punk riffs with which the trio made their name, after Nick Zinner decided to swap his guitar for the synthesizer as his instrument of choice. The result was a propulsive, electronic disco record with an unmistakable snarl.
Had the band lost their ability to rock? Hardly. The sheer force of bass-heavy opener Zero and Karen O's command that you "Dance, dance, dance, till you're dead!" on Heads Will Roll was enough to knock that notion sideways. There were tender moments too, often overlooked by critics; Runaway tugged at the teenage dreamer in all of us and Little Shadow was an orchestral pledge of camaraderie.
After opening themselves up to new musical ideas, where the Yeah Yeah Yeahs go next is anyone's guess. Perhaps we can expect a set of bombastic rock ballads for album number four ...
