I didn’t pay a lot of attention to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs when they first started making waves — I’d heard a couple of the songs from the early eps and I liked them well enough while also being quite ‘yeah, whatever’ about the whole thing. But then I heard “Maps”, which is a different beast altogether. It has a simplicity and an unexpected subtlety to it, and a desperation, a fire and a purity to it which is perfectly suited to its subject, and all in all I reckon it’s a modern love song in the grand tradition.
