It’s always been the nature of the music business that releases are almost never simultaneous worldwide, but as the music business increasingly gets digital, I don’t know how much longer thatwill remain the case.

Today the Yeah Yeah Yeahs release their third album It’s Blitz! in the UK, it’s already out in Australia and will be out in the US on April 14. This is the lead single ‘Zero’ and I have already played it about ten times this morning and not got bored of it.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs seem like they have reached the stage where they will be reaching everyone with this single. It’s like the impact of a song like Blondie’s ‘Heart Of Glass’ – cool enough for the indie snobs, but immediate and catchy enough for the pop kids. In the video Karen O comes on like a cross between Chrissie Hynde and Siouxsie Sioux. She looks like she’s having fun, even if Nick Zinner is looking worried at points in this video!

My favourite song of the year so far. Please go and buy it.