During the years, indie-rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have become notorious for their prevalent and innovative “garage-rock” sound. However, a band can only stay in the garage for so long. Eventually, it has to mature and travel into new territory. With their third and most recent LP, “It’s Blitz,” it’s clear the New York City artists have grown up a bit and created a new, more mature sound.

“It’s Blitz” is, by far, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ most monumental album of their careers.  In simple terms, “It’s Blitz” is for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs what “Kid A” was for Radiohead or what “Remain In Light” was for Talking Heads — a definitive turning-point album. It’s not the album where a band gains mass popularity, but the album where a band showcases the fact that it can completely alter its style and technique and still be phenomenal.

As they did on previous albums, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs found a way to create an album full of sound with only a guitarist, drummer and vivacious lead singer in front woman Karen O. The only thing more astounding than the New Wave-synthesized influences on “It’s Blitz” is probably that they made the album with only three people. Guitarist Nick Zinner’s arsenal of guitar riffs has clearly seen an upgrade since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ previous albums. As usual, drummer Brian Chase’s poignant style of drumming echoes throughout the LP, filling in the void that other instruments, such as bass and keyboard, would normally provide. The most surprising and fulfilling part of the album, however, lies in O’s more reserved yet still pervasive voice on the album. On previous LPs, O’s voice often acted as an instrument of its own, filled with wild screams and ghastly yelps. This time around, the singer’s voice seems to calmly anchor each track on “It’s Blitz” for a different but still satisfying sound.

In all its brilliance and splendor, “It’s Blitz” is still essentially an avant-garde dance album.  Tracks such as “Zero” and “Soft Shock” compel listeners to get on their feet and dance. Introspective cuts like “Skeletons” and “Shame and Fortune” relax listeners into the soothing side of O’s voice. On the other hand, “Dull Life,” which is arguably the album’s pinnacle, grabs at the audience’s senses with the lead singer backing up her old, boisterous style of singing. It simply makes the listeners go wild.

In short, “It’s Blitz” is a great album for two reasons: First, it delivers a side of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ that the world has never seen before and showcases the band’s versatility. Second, and more importantly, it creates anticipation for new and old fans to see what the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will do next.