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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

American indie rock band

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is a US indie rock band active since the early 2000s. The band was founded as a collaboration between singer-songwriter Alec Ounsworth, Sean Greenhalgh, Robbie Guertin, Lee Sargent, and Tyler Sargent.

Ounsworth now performs under the name, as a solo artist. The band initially gained attention through the early online music blogosphere particularly on MP3 blogs, leading them to be regarded as a defining band of the blog rock era.

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

what: a band
from: Philadelphia
since: 2004
on the air here: 12 songs

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members: Tyler Sargent, Alec Ounsworth, Sean Greenhalgh, Lee Sargent, Robbie Guertin, April Harkanson

formed in: Philadelphia

labels: Wichita Recordings

genres: indie rock

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Early work

Ounsworth first started writing songs during high school, and by 2003 was playing small gigs and pursuing various opportunities to get his music heard. Working in his basement studio in Philadelphia, he would test new material on acoustic guitar at a weekly, two-song slot at a drag performance at local venue L'Etage. He then worked on the songs further in his basement, using a drum machine, bass, guitars, keyboards, and vocals.

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (often abbreviated CYHSY) is the musical project of American indie rock musician Alec Ounsworth. The group was founded in 2004 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Brooklyn, New York. Until 2014, the project operated as a band with drummer Sean Greenhalgh being a member for its entirety. Keyboardist/guitarist Robbie Guertin and brothers Lee (guitar/vocals) and Tyler (bass) Sargent were also a part of the band from its inception until their collective departure in 2012. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005. Also known as: CYHSY From Discogs (free to use). Their entry