Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Knifeplay

Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 8:00pm

Venue: 
Union Transfer
Age: 
All Ages

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark self-titled debut album througout 2025 with a worldwide tour performing the album in its entirety alongside other surprises, and an exclusive new reissue. A heady blend of leftfield pop and melodic, exuberant indie rock, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is unquestionably among the finest and most influential independent releases of the 2000s. The celebration officially gets underway with the premiere of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s original 2004 version of the fan favorite, “Heavy Metal”. The newly remixed and mastered track was recently discovered among the original project files and captures what Clap Your Hands Say Yeah founder and frontman Alec Ounsworth calls “a special moment in time – a young group of guys all piling into one hotel room to wake up and go to a real studio (!) to try to come up with something special just for the fun of it.” In addition to the digital anniversary release featuring the original version of “Heavy Metal,” a special deluxe reissue will arrive on limited edition vinyl LP in early 2025, released on CYHSY’s own label via Secretly Distribution, the defiantly independent home to over two decades of Alec Ounsworth’s music.

Philly Haps

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Time Venue Age
Xasthur / Decay / Duress / Honey 7:00pm Ortlieb's 21+
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Time Venue Age
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Chained Saint 7:30pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Wednesday, Jul 2, 2025
Time Venue Age
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Personal Injury / Lena Fine / Feaster / Flavorless Gum 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Thursday, Jul 3, 2025
Time Venue Age
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Saturday, Jul 5, 2025
Time Venue Age
(Film) WIRED FOR CHAOS w/ Harley Flanagan in attendance / plus live performances from YDI and Minefield 7:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
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Ouija Macc / Sinizter 8:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Sunday, Jul 6, 2025
Time Venue Age
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Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025
Time Venue Age
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Lifeguard 7:00pm Warehouse on Watts All Ages
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Time Venue Age
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