Mosquito (Yeah Yeah Yeahs album)

Mosquito
A computer-animated image of a nude, screaming infant being grabbed by a giant mosquito
Studio album by
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ReleasedApril 12, 2013 (2013-04-12)
Studio
Genre
Length47:31
Label
Producer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs chronology
iTunes Originals: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
(2009) 		Mosquito
(2013) 		Cool It Down
(2022)
Singles from Mosquito
  1. "Sacrilege"
    Released: February 26, 2013
  2. "Despair"
    Released: July 19, 2013

Mosquito is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 12, 2013, by Interscope Records. The lead single "Sacrilege" was released on February 26, 2013.[3] "Despair" was released as the second single on July 19, 2013.[4]

Karen O described the album as "extremely lo-fi", explaining: "We had a shitty drum machine, a shitty sampled keyboard, tons of delay on the vocals. There's a real tone, character, and style to it."[5]

  1. ^ "Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito". CMJ. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Gill, Andy (April 11, 2013). "Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mosquito (Interscope)". The Independent. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sacrilege: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Despair (2015) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs". 7digital. Ireland. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Battan, Carrie (January 14, 2013). "Yeah Yeah Yeahs". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 30, 2021.