![]() Richard Linklater's Before trilogy comes to mind - three films that each waited nine years between release, dropping in on its loquacious heroes Celine and Jesse at pivotal moments in their romance, their conversations always shooting out sparks. That's an even rarer trust a creator can inspire we don't see it often. And when that artist is, say, a beloved rock band that's demonstrated near-pathological urgencies - to wail the most stirring choruses, to plumb the deepest melancholies and the raciest elations, to spray beer in your face and leave you begging - it's an even louder vacuum.īut when you've built up faith in an artist's vitality - when you believe they've spent a silence curating, not idling - it can feel gratifying to follow their lead. ![]() The refusal to chase the currency of constant, insistent relevance. The news cycles that whirr by, the social feeds left to rot on the vine. ![]() The audacity, to be an artist who waits nearly a decade to release a project - to sit out the conversation that long. Cool It Down, the first new record from Yeah Yeah Yeahs in nine years, is a product of fearless evolution. ![]()
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