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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><img width="143" height="47" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE2FA8.E91AEC30" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CE2F9E.C650DED0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For Immediate Release<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 2, 2013</span><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">BE THE FIRST TO LISTEN TO NEW YEAH YEAH YEAHS ALBUM<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt">AND</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"> INTERACT WITH FANS WORLDWIDE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NOISEY DEBUTS “LISTENING PARTY” WEDNESDAY<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>WITH “MOSQUITO”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><img width="404" height="269" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE2FA8.E91AEC30" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CE2F9E.C650DED0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">(Credit: Dan Martensen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">JOIN THE
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">PARTY LIVE THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 3<span style="color:#1F497D">:</span>00pm EST ON
</span></b><a href="NOISEY.COM"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NOISEY.COM</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Yeah
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yeah Yeahs</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> can’t wait any longer! The new album
<b><i><u>Mosquito</u></i></b> (Interscope Records) is out <b>April 16th</b> and that’s just days away – DAYS. With the band hitting the road it’s time everybody learns all the new songs.
<b>Yeah Yeah Yeahs</b> want to round up fans all over the world to experience the album in one place, at one time, all giving input together. Now it can be done!
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Noisey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> is launching the first ever
<b>“Listening Party” Livestream Event</b> – holding a first listen to an album in real time letting users comment on it in real time. What a no-brainer; yet it’s never been done before.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This <b>Wednesday</b>,
<b>April 3</b>, <b>Noisey</b> brings fans the first listen of <b><i><u>Mosquito</u></i></b> in an entirely unique listening experience. While the album plays for the first time anywhere, you can bond with fans all over the world over your favorite new songs,
see exclusive content and other surprises along the way. It<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><i>is</i> a party<span style="color:#1F497D"> – </span>maybe a certain threesome will even start the party with some dish about each song. And don’t forget to stay for the
<i>after</i> party: the album stream and other content will live online uninterrupted directly following the
<b>Listening Party</b> at <b><a href="Noisey.com">Noisey.com</a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mosquito</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> features ten songs produced by
<b>Nick Launay</b> and <b>Dave Sitek</b>, with <b>James Murphy</b> and <b>Sam Spiegel</b> production on one track; all eleven are mixed by
<b>Craig Silvey</b>. The bulk of it was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornilla, TX. <b>
Dr.<span style="color:black"> Octagon</span></b><span style="color:black"> (<b>Kool Keith</b>) appears on one track. The deluxe album includes 4 bonus acoustic/demo tracks.
</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRI3Ew4BvA"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> to see the
Megaforce-directed video for first single “<b>Sacrilege</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“We would love for this music to make our fans feeeeel something, for it to stir some shit up inside of them, whatever that may be,” says singer
<b>Karen O</b>. “SO much feeling went into this record, it was the rope ladder thrown down into the ditch for us to climb up and dust ourselves off. I hope others can climb up it too; we’re excited to share the good vibes.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WHAT: Noisey’s</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> first-ever
<b>Listening Party</b> – with first listen of the <b>Yeah Yeah Yeahs<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WHEN:
</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wednesday, April 3rd, a<span style="color:#1F497D">t</span> 3 PM EST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WHERE:
</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.noisey.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">www.noisey.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WHY:
</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The album is rad and is not safe to enjoy alone.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HOW:
</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At 3 PM, click on over to
</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="http://www.noisey.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.noisey.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">.
</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Gather your friends, turn up your volume and get to listening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><img border="0" width="302" height="301" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CE2FA8.E91AEC30" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01CE2F9E.C650DED0"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(Credit: Beomsik Shimbe Shim)</span><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About Noisey<br>
</span></b><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=1522177fba0b46ffb16cd1b5c99b2c54&URL=https%3a%2f%2fmail.pressherepublicity.com%2fowa%2fredir.aspx%3fC%3d125bde910de245fe9f561c2a7daf210b%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fNoisey.com%252f" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1436A5">Noisey.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
launched in March 2011 at SXSW and is dedicated to uncovering the best new bands and music scenes from around the world. To date,
<b>Noisey</b> teams around the world have profiled hundreds of bands from 11 different countries, in more than 700 captivating original episodes. On YouTube,
<b>Noisey</b> offers music fans the most extensive slate of original online music programming to date, covering not only the artists that matter most, but the trends and opinions that make up today's music culture.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For more information on<b> Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
</b>please contact:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Press Here Publicity<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Jennie Boddy/Derek Sherron<br>
212.246.2640<b><br>
</b></span><a href="mailto:jennie@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
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</span><a href="mailto:derek@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">derek@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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