Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah chose San Diego’s The Casbah to launch the US leg of their tour promotting their third album, Hysterical, released in 2011. Lead singer Alec Ounsworth said, “It is good to be back in California,” and the fans responded with a wild cheer. They played 16 songs and came back for a 2 song encore. They played well together and managed to recreate their unmistakable sound in the live setting. The stage at The Casbah is rather small their performance could have been more dynamic if they could have played on a larger stage. Keyboardist/guitarist/backing vocalist Robbie Guertin really needed more space to dance around and play guitar. Nevertheless, he kept a smile on his face throughtout the show. Highlights of their set included, “Satan Said Dance,” “Is This Love,” “The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth.”
