To all the schmucky mooks with backwards Sox hats at the show last night: saying “I’m not clapping my hands, but I’m saying yeah” and comments like that make you look even dumber. Quit.

CYHSY had a big space to fill moving from a sold-out Paradise to an even more sold-out Avalon. They succeeded their expansion with a thick, chugging, U2-on-ether method of indie funrock. Provincial and coy, they seem to make you want to out-drunk them, especially with trying to keep up singing along. “Let the Cool Goddess…” was the first number, and it instantly warmed everyone over. “…Yellow Country Teeth” scared a lot of the fratboys, and I enjoyed it. “Details of the War” was poignantly quieter than the others, and broke any remaining tension.

Unfortunately, too many new and unfamiliar songs in the latter half of the set started to fizzle the crowd, making us hungry and cranky, and it wasn’t until the encore closer, “Heavy Metal”, that we got that last satisfying bite.

I was impressed by CYHSY’s Doves/Femmes/U2 impersonation, they’ve definitely made strides since their show @ TT’s. Still a little work to be done, though.