Indie-rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (abbreviated to CYHSY) are most notable for the way they achieved fame: they were one of the first bands to really benefit from music blogger hype. That led to the attention of taste-making website Pitchfork Media, who gave their debut self-titled album a good review and caused the band all manner of distribution problems. Without a record deal, they had to organise the manufacture and supply of the album themselves. In fact, they rejected several offers because they believed it would be more cost-effective to do it themselves. For a British release, the band signed to Wichita, figuring it would be much harder for them to ship thousands of CDs around the UK. Overall, that debut album sold more than 200,000 copies.
In 2007 they released second album Some Loud Thunder, but it was met with mixed reviews and wasn't as successful as their debut.
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in Concert at the 2005 Seaport Music Festival
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