By Chandler Claxton

The first disc of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was a pop-punk album of brilliance. “Fever to Tell” combined not only the calm autonomy of The Clash, but also the absurdist nature of The Stooges. The latter had supported the entirety of the pop-punk movement, while making sure that this dalbum could find an audience amongst the masses.

In contrast,their new album, “It’s Blitz!” completely pulls itself apart from the albums preceding it. It falls into the category of a complete dance album for the first two tracks. Both “Heads Will Roll” and “Zero” are easily the best on the album for new listeners. As brilliantly written dance songs, they separate themselves from the usual perfunctory and unoriginal ones, asking us to press further than any of the pop-punk anthems that have been previously written.

Equally, “Heads Will Roll” wonders if any of the listeners will be able to dance, and continues to become the most integral of the tracks on the album.

After a long pause, “Dull Life” proves that not all of the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs are completely inventive. This track falls back upon the new name and plays a completely redundent track. While, this song does play like a completely new song, it completes itself unlike most of the rest of the foolish tracks.

Unfortunately, these are the only tracks worth mentioning on the new album from Karen O and the rest of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. There are a few which fall into mediocrity (“Soft Rock,” “Shame and Fortune”).

For the most part “It’s Blitz” has been completely overrated. But if this latest work is to be compared against the likes of “Show Your Bones,” it’s great. That’s really because garage band’s penultimate work was a poor creation that wishes it was a rock album. The bubbly tunes here certainly raise “It’s Blitz” above that, and it ultimately falls among the best of the mediocre dance albums.