Yeah Yeah Yeahs Push Release Dates Up

*MP3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Hysteric"

Due to the leakage of the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record, "It's Blitz," the band has pushed up the release of the new album digitally to next Tuesday in an attempt to stop the bleeding. I'm buying it on Tuesday, be sure to also.

Here' their press release:

"NEW RECORD RELEASE DATES = AROUND THE CORNER

The cat's out of the bag after IT'S BLITZ! escaped from our clutches into the big bad world last week. Why should some have and some have-not?

IT'S BLITZ! OFFICIAL NEW RELEASE DATES:

DIGITAL WORLDWIDE MARCH 9TH , US MARCH 10TH.

IN STORES US MARCH 31ST, WORLDWIDE APRIL 6TH.

YYYs have been brimming with nervous excitement in anticipation of releasing this record to the world! Leaks are NO FUN but it's out of our hands. Can't help but ask ourselves, "What would the PHILOSOPHER do in times such as these?" We now present PART II of the SNAKESWEAT TRILOGY, Mr. Brian Chase soothing our troubled souls in THE PHILOSOPHER. LUV YYYs"