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Mosquito
Rock · 2013 · 11 tracks · 47m

Mosquito

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

A strange, sprawling mix of gospel-infused rock, dub-heavy basslines, and lo-fi grit. The band's most experimental and polarizing urban odyssey.

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It's like a sweaty New York night where a gospel choir shows up to your garage band practice.

A restless, humid exploration of urban isolation and spiritual yearning.

Mosquito · vs · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mysterious+4.0σ

Mysterious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 47m
01
Sacrilege
3:50
02
Subway
5:17
03
Mosquito
3:00
04
Under the Earth
4:18
05
Slave
4:06
06
These Paths
5:03
07
Area 52
2:54
08
Buried Alive
5:17
09
Always
4:07
10
Despair
4:49
11
Wedding Song
4:56
Moments Worth Waiting For
The massive gospel choir eruption that transforms the garage-rock stomp of Sacrilege into a spiritual experience.
The rhythmic clatter of actual New York City subway tracks providing the hypnotic backbone for track 2.
The jarring, high-pitched vocal squeals and primitive drum machine beat that define the title track's bug-like irritation.
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