Fragrant World is the third studio album by American psychedelic pop band Yeasayer, released on August 21, 2012 on Secretly Canadian. The album has received a provisional score of 71 from Metacritic indicating "generally favourable reviews", based on the reviews of 44 critics. Read more on Last.fm.
Yeasayer was a band based in Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in 2006 and consisted of three core members, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Anand Wilder. They first came to attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Their debut album All Hour Cymbals was released in October 2007. Yeasayer described their music as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel". Live performances often include psychedelic visuals.
Yeasayer released their second studio album Read more on Last.fm
I got an opportunity today to listen to the new album by Yeasayer and it is exactly what I expected. The album is a collection of rhythmic tones and dystopian lyrics. The sounds and that they create are so obscured, yet completely composed. As a follow up to there previous album Odd Blood, I was a little let down. I was hoping for something more memorable and surprising, but I was left with almost a continuation of Odd Blood.