Yeasayer's new album "Odd Blood."

After Yeasayer’s 2007 release “All Hours Cymbals,” the group established itself as the indie-visionaries at the forefront of experimental music. Now, the band is continuing that legacy with their newest release, “Odd Blood,” an album packed with enough drum machines and futuristic synthesizers to bring a tear to George Jetson’s eye.

It’s difficult to describe any album that kicks off with the brooding track, “The Children,” ran by tripped-out, computer-generated lead vocals, as “danceable.” But, despite abandoning any genre other than the one they invent for themselves, Yeasayer never loses its pop sensibility. On “Mondegreen,” a warped cheerleader-stomp leads the charge to outer space, while lead singer Chris Keating coos “Everyone’s talking about me and my baby.”

Lyrically, the rest of the album takes a similar slant. Rather than being recklessly experimental, many songs on “Odd Blood” shoot for a more personal tone. When Keating pleads “Don’t give up on me now” on “Love Me Girl” or “I know I haven’t been a perfect man” on “Ambling Amp,” you feel for him. While the music by itself could send you to Mars, Keating’s words and voice keep you firmly tethered to Earth.

Unfortunately, “Odd Blood,” at times commits the cardinal sin of experimental albums by getting so caught up in moving forward that listeners get left behind. The soaring synthesizers and falsetto vocals of “I Remember” are fascinating, but sound like they’re more for the band’s enjoyment than the listeners.

Overall, though, problems like this one are few and far between on “Odd Blood.” The majority of the tracks let the listener see the band for what it really is, a bunch of acid-dropping kids with hearts and ears for sweet melodies.

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