Yeah Yeah Yeahs Reissuing Debut LP ‘Fever To Tell’ – Plan LA & Brooklyn Shows

 YEAH YEAH YEAHS have announced details of a vinyl reissue of their seminal, ground-breaking debut, Fever To Tell, on October 20th through Interscope Records / UMe. The album will be available as a Limited Edition Deluxe Box, Standard LP, and Digital deluxe and standard re-mastered editions. Pre-Order for all editions from Sept 26^th, with release on October 20^th. “Shake It”, a previously unreleased track from the Fever To Tell era,is available as an instant grat now via all digital formats.

Speaking about the release, the New York trio said, “A friend of a friend kept asking if we were ever gonna put Fever To Tell out on vinyl as it hasn’t been on vinyl in 10 years. That’s not right. So here it is on vinyl for the first time in 10 years plus a time capsule of photos, demos (1^st ever recorded,) a mini film documenting our near downfall and other fun memorabilia, from the turn of the century NYC, made with love + the usual blood, sweat + tears of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.”

One of the finest debut albums of recent times, Fever To Tell was released in 2003 and was influential in shaping the sound of the early aughts and beyond. Prior to its release, Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase had already established themselves as a ferocious live force; Fever To Tellintroduced a band who could play thrilling and frenetic rock’n’roll one minute and captivating, hushed ballads the next. Its meld of scuzzy riffs, angular grooves and hypnotic hooks set a template that was often imitated over the next decade but the album’s rare chemistry isn’t easily replicated. It’s a snapshot of an era that sounds just as mesmerizing as it enters its 15^th anniversary in 2018.

In celebration of and in addition to the reissue, the band has announced shows in Los Angeles (The Fonda Theatre, October 25) and Brooklyn (Kings Theatre, November 7).  These two exclusive underplays join the two previously announced 2017 festival appearances, full list of dates below.  Tickets for Los Angeles and Brooklyn dates go on pre-sale with the vinyl pre order September 26^th, and general on-sale September 29th.   More info and ticket links at yeahyeahyeahs.com

Oct 25             Los Angeles, CA         The Fonda Theatre

Oct 28             Long Beach, CA         Growlers 6 Festival

Nov 7              Brooklyn, NY               Kings Theatre

Nov 10            Austin, TX                   Sound on Sound Festival

Fever To Tell will be released on two physical formats:

DELUXE BOX – the Deluxe Box will be signed and numbered and limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. It contains the original album newly remastered on 2LPs, with nine unreleased demos, eight B-sides and rarities, and five newspaper lyric posters. It also comes with a 164-page hardbound photo book of Nick Zinner’s personal photos and includes pages from Karen O’s personal notebox, an embroidered iron-on patch, sticker, one photo card from Nick Zinner’s personal collection that all three members will sign and a custom champagne cork 8GB USB stick that includes over ninety minutes of video content as well as the twenty-nine audio tracks on the vinyl. To top it all off, all boxes will be wrapped in red fishnet stockings. The first 500 Deluxe Box buyers will receive a bonus cassette with 4 additional exclusive, unreleased demo bonus tracks with handwritten labels by the band.

LP + NEWSPRINT – this version contains the original album newly remastered by Stephen Marcussen on black 180g audiophile vinyl for the first time ever and five newspaper lyric posters with exclusive photos by Nick Zinner, Spike Jonze, Lance Bangs, Julian Gross, Patrick Daughters and Cintamani Calise.

DELUXE BOX

• Limited Edition, Signed & Numbered / 2,000 Worldwide
• 2LPs – 180g audiophile black vinyl for the first time ever
• Original album newly remastered by Stephen Marcussen
• 29 Audio Tracks
• 9 unreleased four-track recorded demos
• 8 B-sides/Rarities – 2 previously unreleased “Shake It” and “Boogers”
• 5 newspaper lyric posters with exclusive photos by Nick Zinner, Spike Jonze, Lance Bangs, Julian Gross, Patrick Daughters and Cintamani Calise
• Deluxe Box Exclusives:

o 164-page hardbound photo book of Nick Zinner’s personal photos plus 16 pages from Karen O’s personal notebook

o  Embroidered Iron-on Patch

o Collectable Sticker

o Champagne Cork 8GB USB Stick includes:

• 29 Audio Tracks
• 90+ minutes of video content including 26 mins of unreleased, unseen behind-the-scenes footage from 2003 UK tour, live performances, 2 fan films and 4 music videos

o Photo Card – each box will feature 1 of 10 various photos hand selected by Nick Zinner from his personal photos that will be signed by all 3 members of the band

o Fishnet stockings will wrap the outside of the box

• First 500 Deluxe Box buyers will receive a bonus cassette with 4 additional exclusive, unreleased demo

TRACKLISTING:

LP 1 / Side A

Original Album Newly Remastered

1. Rich
2. Date With The Night
3. Man
4. Tick
5. Black Tongue
6. Pin
7. Cold Light

LP 1 / Side B

1. No No No
2. Maps
3. Y Control
4. Modern Romance

LP 2 / Side A

Previously Unreleased

1. Date With The Night (Four Track Demo)
2. Black Tongue (Four Track Demo)
3. Pin (Four Track Demo)
4. Maps (Early Four Track Demo)
5. Poor Song (Four Track Demo)
6. Tick (Four Track Demo)
7. Shot Down (Four Track Demo)
8. Ooh Ooh Ooh (Four Track Demo)
9. Maps (Four Track Demo)

LP 2 / Side B

B-sides & Rarities

1. Shake It – Previously Unreleased
2. Machine
3. Modern Things
4. Graveyard
5. Shot Down
6. Yeah! New York
7. Boogers – Previously Unreleased
8. Countdown

VIDEO

1. There Is No Modern Romance (Tour Documentary by Patrick Daughters & Stephen Berger)

26 mins of unreleased, unseen behind-the-scenes video of the band on their 2003 UK tour

2. Fukuoka Nagoya Osaka Tokyo (Japan Tour Behind The Scenes)
3. They Don’t Love Like I Love You (Interviews by Lance Bangs & Spike Jonze)
4. Maps (Official Video)
5. Date With The Night (Official Video)
6. Y Control (Official Video)
7. Pin (Official Video)
8. Y-Control (Live at Fillmore San Francisco)
9. Black Tongue (Live at Fillmore San Francisco)
10. Maps (Live at Fillmore San Francisco)
11. Rich (Live at Fillmore San Francisco)
12. Miles Away (Live at Fillmore San Francisco)
13. Poor Song (Live at Fillmore San Francisco)

CASSETTE (Limited to first 500 Deluxe Box Customers)

1. Phone Jam
2. Art Star (Four Track Demo)
3. Bang (Four Track Demo)
4. Our Time (Four Track Demo)

LP + NEWSPRINT

• Original album newly remastered by Stephen Marcussen on black 180g audiophile vinyl for the first time ever
• 5 newspaper lyric posters with exclusive photos by Nick Zinner, Spike Jonze, Lance Bangs, Julian Gross, Patrick Daughters and Cintamani Calise

Side A

Original Album Newly Remastered

1. Rich
2. Date With The Night
3. Man
4. Tick
5. Black Tongue
6. Pin
7. Cold Light

Side B

1. No No No
2. Maps
3. Y Control
4. Modern Romance