Emily and Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs go way back (see Comic Book Issue #4: Rock). So, of course Miss Strange is proud to announce the release of the band's new album It's Blitz! with a contest. Sign up to win one of 5 sets of the new CD and a Yeah Yeah Yeahs t-shirt.

It's Blitz signals both a glance backward and a step forward for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Zinner's vintage Arp—the same model used on records by The Cars, Joy Division, and Kraftwerk—contributes atmospheric washes ("Skeletons"), disco wiggles ("Dance till you're dead!" Karen sings on "Heads Will Roll"), and New Wave melodrama ("Soft Shock"). The first single, "Zero," combines all these elements to create a dance-floor anthem that sings directly to the listener. "We've got a death grip on the adolescent way of feeling things," O said. That's something I'll never be able to shake in the music I write. It's almost feels like a John Hughes 80s movie." But acknowledging the past in this way doesn't sound make for a nostalgic-sounding album. "I think there's a cool stability reflected in this record," Brian Chase says. "It reflects our transformation, and how we've developed as people."

WINNERS!

Heather - Glen Allen, VA

Kyra - N Fond du Lac, WI

Sandy - Ely, MN

Don - El Cerrito, CA

Daniel - Los Angeles, CA