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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are New York rock royalty hell, theyre rock royalty, period.

), said limo exploding.

(No spitting, though, in a surprise toanyone whos ever actuallyseenKaren perform.)

The new song is weighty, tense, and inspired by ongoing environmental degradation, per the band.

Its galvanizing, and theres hope there.

And as for the limo?

Spitting leads off the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fifth studio album,Cool It Down, out September 30.

The album, named for a Velvet Underground song, is the bands first since 2013sMosquito.

No waywerecooling it down with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fully back.

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