Kevin Bronson on July 30th, 2014

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As two-minute songs go, Karen O’s “Rapt” isn’t going to make anybody stop the presses, and as two-minute videos for two-minute songs go, well, she spends a lot of time under water in the clip directed by her husband, Barney Clay. But it’s Karen O, and the bulletin is that she has a solo album “Crush Songs” coming Sept. 9 on Julian Casablancas’ Cult Records. It’s a collection of heartstring-tuggers written and recorded eight or so years ago, when, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman says, “I crushed a lot.” The limited-edition vinyl will even included Karen O’s drawings, handwritten lyrics and a note from the singer. File “Crush Songs” under yet another solo outing by a prominent indie artist – there have been a bunch this year, and we promise to make a list when we get done writing notes to all our old crushes.