Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

What Clap Your Hands Say Yeah makes

Topics indie, music, songwriting, artists, independent

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is a band that makes music and travels from place to place. In any discussion regarding songwriters and lyricists of 21st century indie music, Alec Ounsworth and his moniker, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, would feature prominently. Few have been as consistently brilliant, eclectic, and intimate; fewer still have done so while being defiantly 100% independent, refusing to sign deals that compromise artistic vision. It’s what has made Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the project Ounsworth has helmed for 17 years such a vital, acclaimed act. With each release since their landmark self-titled debut, he has refined and broadened their sound, indulging a wider set of influences. Musically, Ounsworth remains as prolific and enigmatic as ever. His recent works marry the quirky, leftfield indie of the early years to the boundless confidence, and a grander sense of scale and ambition, always heading down new avenues of song arrangement and organic connection to his audience.

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