Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove

To wear no clothes
To strike no pose

I still haven't decided how I feel about Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. On the one hand I feel the vocals prevent me from really liking them, but on the other hand I find that every time I listen to Some Loud Thunder I find myself enjoying a lot of the songs. In conclusion, they're musically talented but the vocals might not be your cup of tea. Despite that, the band did surprisingly well after self releasing their debut LP, actually selling more than 6 figures worth of albums.

One of the songs I find myself enjoying a lot is "Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove." I almost want to say it's a very simple song but only in comparison to some of the other songs on the album (i.e. "Satan Said Dance"). That could be due to the fact that it's rhythmically steady in the sense that the instruments don't change very much throughout most of the song and instead provide a solid backbone for Ounsworth's vocals to soar. Contrary to what I stated before about the vocals, this ends up working quite well. Go figure.

Favorite Part: When the song finally does change up a bit and we're introduced to some rolling drums. The lyrics here are short lines of 2-3 words which give the song a very march-like effect.