Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

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Ezra rockin' the Roger Federer look in that video.

scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 19 February 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link

Anyone else feeling like this album - unlike the debut - doesn't hold up well with repeat listens? Cousins sounds like a sitcom theme and the rest of it as slight as an Owl City album track. I was very into it for like 3 days when it leaked and never want to go back to it ever again. Opposite effect of Los Campesinos and Magnetic Fields new ones.

ramadaan muhammad asalaamica rasoul allah supana watallah (jk), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

I played this on the way to work today and was reminded that it's fucking awesome.

slapped by a bear (HI DERE), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link

It's like the lightness of Owl City with a good chunk of the overbearing twee preciousness removed and a lot more interesting musical pastiches/influence-waving.

slapped by a bear (HI DERE), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link

that video is fucking awesome

J0rdan S., Friday, 19 February 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link

this album gets way better with repeated listens imo. now that it's really sunk in, i think it's just as good as the first one. at first i felt like they would probably never be as dear to me as on s/t, but if anything they've increased their staying power. 'too many slow songs' seemed like a valid criticism for a while, but they operate just as nicely in quirky fast pop mode as in textural ballad mode. "diplomat's son" is my favourite song on the album and i'm glad they're the kind of band who can write that sort of song now.

united arab amirites (samosa gibreel), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link

Anyone else feeling like this album - unlike the debut - doesn't hold up well with repeat listens?

Nope. I stopped listening for a couple of weeks, replayed it last night, and still loved it.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link

I played this on the way to work today and was reminded that it's fucking awesome.
― slapped by a bear (HI DERE), Friday, February 19, 2010 7:01 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

a passing heavy daftie (cozen), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah i listened to diplimats son like five times in a row today

plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 19 February 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link

My only gripe with the record, really, happens to be "Giving Up the Gun." It sounds so bland - like they tried to right a radio-friendly song but forgot to come up with a strong chorus. It sucks the life out of the second half of the record. Really though it's the only track on the album I don't like.

scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 20 February 2010 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link

The bridge of "Giving up the Gun" is incidentally my favorite part of the record, but the rest of the song kinda collapses beneath it.

Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 February 2010 09:15 (fourteen years ago) link

Wow, can't believe I made the right/write mistake. I'm going to sit in the corner.

scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link

all that slo-mo doesn't make the song any less boring, but i really do admire these guys for exploiting their cuteness in videos, unlike say the Killers hiding behind cowboy hats and mustaches after "Brightside." They've got a cult of precocious teenybopper fans now and I'm glad they're not fighting it.

da croupier, Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwve0ySe6e1qz852uo1_500.jpg

da croupier, Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link

I'm more curious that "Derirah" is actually a name.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link

inside info

call all destroyer, Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link

isn't that how Scooby pronounces it?

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link

Rezra Roenig

Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 February 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link

Giving Up the Gun." It sounds so bland - like they tried to right a radio-friendly song but forgot to come up with a strong chorus.

Don't get this, the chorus of GUTG is a total earworm.

The Man With the Magic Eardrums (Billy Dods), Saturday, 20 February 2010 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link

Yeah. As it happens I tossed and turned last night, with that fucking chorus in my head.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 February 2010 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link

"runaway hit single, “A-Punk"

The song peaked at #55 on the UK Singles Chart and #25 on Billboard magazine's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart

i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link

Rostam Batmanglij's Out interview.

― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, February 22, 2010 9:38 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is the first mention i'v ever seen of him being gay -- did i miss something?

/b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link

gaydar fail

i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link

word

this makes me like discovery even more tho

/b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link

It's mentioned casually in their Rolling Stone interview.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link

The producer and gay member of Vampire Weekend

bauhaus men (samosa gibreel), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link

lol i was thinking abt that phrasing--seems awkward

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link

i think they have to do that w/ pretty much any subject who is gay but not widely known as such because they do interview gays & non-gays & i think it's probably important to readers

/b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link

i haven't read the RS feature yet

/b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link

gay indie band members are the new girl bass players

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link

rostam is only the second hottest member of the group tho

/b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link

ok yeah--i was not sure of the conventions of out magazine tbh. i still feel like there's a better phrasing! but i can't think of it.

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link

i still feel like there's a better phrasing! but i can't think of it.

http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/l/lance_bass_people_060726/cover.jpg

bauhaus men (samosa gibreel), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link

i think there should be a border of glitter on any page that features a gay subject, that way they could avoid all awkward phrasing altogether

/b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link

i think it's a word order thing: "vampire weekend's producer and sole gay member talks about...." reads better imo

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link

rostam is only the second hottest member of the group tho

I kept hoping it was Koenig but whatevs -- he's almost too pretty.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link

idk y but def like diplomat's son more now

F → F−F++F−F (Lamp), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link

i already liked this song most for this reason

plax (ico), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:44 (fourteen years ago) link

like lines like "i promise to leave before your mother wakes up in the morning" sound kindof, um, familiar?

plax (ico), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link

saw them play the paradisio in amsterdam last wednesday. they were well worth it. fantastic.

Michael B, Friday, 26 February 2010 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link

forget the gayness, what the fuck is up with his weird posture?

max arrrrrgh, Saturday, 27 February 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link

how can i forget the gayness

max, Saturday, 27 February 2010 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link

Superb perf of "Giving Up the Gun" on SNL. Koenig has never looked better, I must say. The femme backup vocals are a nice touch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiFZA8B4H54

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Koenig has never looked better, I must say.

i was thinking this exact same thing

jizzchin (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link

I was thinking the same thing! He looks so...clean. His skin is amazing. Also enjoyed watching the overbouncy drummer.

figgy pudding (La Lechera), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link

his hair was perfect last night

jizzchin (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link

The hair clinched it.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link

On the other hand Rostam looks bloated.

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah my friend said the same thing

jizzchin (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 7 March 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link


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