Word has reached us of a strange little competition coming out of Camp Yeah Yeah Yeahs. We'd tell it to you, but we're dreadfully lazy, so it's a time-honoured cut and paste job for you:

We want to see what you would do if you were playing us in our video for "CHEATED HEARTS" off our new album. We know our fans do it like no other, now's your chance to put us to shame.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS

1) Send it on DV TAPE

2) Dress the part!

3) Blast the music in the background and play or sing over it…

4) Get lost in the song make it YOURS.

5) Got guitar? mic? drums? Use'em! Got no such things? Fake it, use what you got around the house, be resourceful yeah!

6) Do as many performances as you need, we will edit it! Try and make them different: FULL BODY, CLOSE-UP, MEDIUM, FROM THE SIDE,  inside,outside, etc. Do the Nick, do the Brian, do the Karen O.

7)IMPORTANT: AT LEAST HALF OF YOUR PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE AGAINST A WHITE WALL, or sheet. SO DO IT ONCE IN FRONT OF A WHITE WALL AND ONCE ANYWAY YOU WANT.

SEND IT TO US, DO IT QUICKLY….YOU WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE SOUND.

-Please address exactly like below to guarantee proper delivery.

*Send United States and Canada VIDEO contest submissions to:

YEAH YEAH YEAHS video contest
8033 Sunset Boulevard , # 2250
Hollywood, CA 90046

*Send INTERNATIONAL video contest submissions to:

YEAH YEAH YEAHS video contest/o Polydor Ltd
364-366 Kensington High Street
London   W14  8NS

** With your video submission , you must print out and include a signed, completed copy of the release form (http://www.yeahyeahyeahs.com/cheatedhearts/cheatedheartsvideorelease.doc).

Please have all entries postmarked by June 12, 2006.

Um, yeah. What they said.