This Year's Model

"The whole thing's pretty schizophrenic right now," he continues. "We're going in a lot of different directions at once, within the whole concept and framework of the record. Some of the stuff is straightahead and definitely upbeat, but we have some ballads and dancey stuff and some things that are kind of orchestral; we used a drum machine and put some keyboard loops on some songs. And the lyrics -- well, there are love songs and there are no-love songs, and there are other things that may or may not pertain to Karen's life." As for sexual content, Zinner laughs while confirming that "there's a lot of it. We try and try, but we just can't get rid of it."

Right now, Zinner doesn't know what company will be bringing this material to the public. Some major labels have expressed interest in the group, he confesses, "but we're still deciding what route we want to go on."

Hype out: New York's Yeah Yeah Yeahs just want to make you happy.

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7 p.m. Saturday, September 28
Ogden Theatre, 935 East Colfax Avenue
$15, 303-831-9448

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If pop music's death turns out to have been greatly exaggerated, this decision may be made for them. But Zinner doesn't seem worried about that prospect.

"We definitely didn't think any of this would happen," he says. "It took us totally by surprise. But we're more interested in putting on a really good show and making people happy than in proving the hype is right."