Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced a new live album documenting the London stint of the band’s 2025 tour. Hidden in Pieces Live at the Royal Albert Hall is available now on streaming services, with physical editions to follow on October 23 via Secretly Canadian. “Hidden in Pieces Live at the Royal Albert Hall was born out of a need to commune with our band and fan family in 2025, after the election,” Karen O shared. “In the past, YYYs haven’t often chosen when to be back at it and out there, it often chooses us. It, being the times. We turn to live music when we need that specific quality of depth and light to see us through the times.”
She went on to note that Royal Albert Hall marked the band’s third stop on the tour, and that the majority of the film is culled from the venue. “It was our first time performing there and the hype leading up to it was overwhelming, but ladies and gentleman we believe the hype now we’ve done it. The pipe organ moment in ‘Skeletons’ was no less than immaculate vibrations. We felt the spirits of all legends past swirling around us. Nick [Zinner] remarked that he felt as though his fingers were guided on the guitar neck. The real alchemy happened when we played the hall, it clicked into place. All the shows we performed on this small tour were extraordinarily vulnerable. We hope that translates.”
Also out now via the Criterion Channel is Hidden in Pieces, a 22-minute visual companion-piece to the live record directed by Barnaby Clay. Watch the trailer below, and check out Hidden in Pieces Live at the Royal Albert Hall here.
