i like these guys til the vocals kick in. nice african influences although a bit twee and usually not that well integrated but then you hear the singing and it ruins everything. best track on the album is the one that sounds like the strokes. or actually the ones without the african influences like the one with the violins.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:53 (fifteen years ago) link
so . . . these guys are still partying on cape cod? p4ork4ever
― kamerad, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 05:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think that's an outfit, I think that's a pile of scarves strewn on a conventionally dressed person
― nabisco, Friday, December 19, 2008 3:47 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark
That ain't an outfit, it's a scarves race.
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP burt_stanton. This thread makes me miss the guy.
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 07:24 (fifteen years ago) link
dudes took it next level on fallon
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 March 2009 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
LOVED that song.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 March 2009 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah "white sky" is remarkable (now with strings!!) but i mean the whole spectacle... ezra's fleece windbreaker and 7th grade yearbook photo hair, the string players in tweed (?) hoodies, the rasta dude off to the back fumbling w/ some jug thing, the goofy drummer wearing sunglasses etc
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 March 2009 05:37 (fifteen years ago) link
here is that "White Sky" song from their next album:
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
are those hemp hoodies?
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
wow. worse than i could have imagined. like a band made up of all the millenials i work with...
― iago g., Friday, 20 March 2009 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i was about to post that he'd become a better live singer since their snl performance until 1:49 ...
thought that the paul simon comparisons were a little overblown first time around but this sounds like a graceland outtake with strings and embarrassing falsetto.
― uptown churl, Friday, 20 March 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
OTM
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 March 2009 04:17 (fifteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, 05:34 יום חמישי 19 מרץ 2009 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah "white sky" is remarkable..
OBJECTION!
― Zeno, Friday, 20 March 2009 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
it might be good with more guitars,less strings and not trying to play it too safe.
― Zeno, Friday, 20 March 2009 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
or the faster version (which is better):
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 March 2009 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
So, I am not sure if there's another thread talking about this, but has anyone heard the cover of "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" that Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip have done?
It now completely sounds like Gabriel meets Paul Simon. Oh and is roffle because he sings "But this feels so unnatural/Peter Gabriel too/ It feels so unnatural/to sing your own name" LOL.
Sorry if this was in another thread.
― one art, please (Trayce), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
what are ppls thoughts on discovery
― just sayin, Thursday, 21 May 2009 10:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Hartley vs McBain: Vampire Weekend as Sophomores
― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 May 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
btw I like the discovery album but then I would
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
It's tuneless and empty to my ears; the only song I've kept is the Koenig collaboration.
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
this summer fall in love with autotune, all over again
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
is it okay to call this r&twee? i think i'm going to
― shamwow holdingtongue (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
To call it that there would have to be "rhythm."
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like this - i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids doing r&b, and i think it serious enough but doesn't seem like they're playing dress up and it's playful enough but not like lonely island
also i think the hooks are good
― shamwow holdingtongue (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
and i think it's serious enough but doesn't seem like they're playing dress up and it's playful enough but not like lonely island
i really wasn't sure if they were going to be able to balance this out but they did!! doesn't surprise me tho because i think rostam is really talented and pretty underrated in the sphere of vampire weekend's press always being about africa and ezra and columbia and money - the dude writes really good keyboard & strings parts for vw
― shamwow holdingtongue (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i have been listening to this album alot lately, and i mostly disliked vw. i prefer this guy's singing to ezra's and all of these songs are basically instantly likeable. it`s pretty bedroom-ey, or atleast laptop-ey, but the songs aren`t weaker as a result somehow. sure the production could be more layered and less cheap-sounding but that`s not really the point here i don`t think.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 16 July 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm kinda shocked at the response. This guy's melodies define weak -- it's fourth-rate Kelly Polar. The best song is the Koenig number, mostly because for about a week I liked his version of a Kylie voice.
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 July 2009 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm kinda shocked at how much I like this. I'm pretty susceptible to fake teen movie music though and a big sucker for lines like "I promise to leave before your mother wakes up in the morning." Kindof an indie "I gotta feeling" imo.
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Thursday, 23 July 2009 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
you're right, definitely an indie version of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKn_bgA-lQ
― uncannydan, Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids doing r&b
not to get on your case in particular but GEEZ COME ON
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean REALLY
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
fwiw, calling these guys "white" is way is totally different than calling Jamie Lidell "white"
― Hypnagog Minds (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
blue eyed soul dude. some of it's good guilty pleasure shit
― Spectrum, Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"guilty pleasure" went out with the miniskirt and the Twist.
― Heric E. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Soto on fire today
― Hypnagog Minds (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
How does that make any sense? Bowie, Brian Ferry, 90% of the 80s, etc.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 23 July 2009 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
― nabisco, Thursday, July 23, 2009 5:40 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark
?? i don't think it's a pejorative to say that they sound "white" because they do, much more so than, like whiney says, jamie lidell or even the soulful songs at the end of the last hot chip album
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
the Discovery record is as soulful as Howard Jones' Dream into Action.
― Heric E. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
DUDE IS PERSIAN
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Two things:
1) I've gotten way back into Vampire Weekend this summer. It seems like the hotter and more humid the weather, the more I enjoy listening to the album.
2) Who are the Arctic Monkeys of 2009?
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
the singer is from syracuse
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
or fine:
it sounds like what it is - indie r&b (really should have taken more offense to me calling this r&b - it's certainly more r&b in the way the-dream is [and that's to say very pop] than in the way ne-yo is) influenced by white people like daft punk, whom they take their name from.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, Jordan, you're clear on what I'm picking on here, right?
i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids
I mean I don't know the guy's exact background or who his parents are, but it's been bugging me for over a year that everyone just instinctively turns a guy "white" because it better fits their mental categories of class/race/manner.
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ this is referring to the person named Rostam Batmanglij who is confirmably Persian on at least one parent's side, if not both
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
if you consider Persian people "white," I apologize for raising the issue
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't, but race is pretty inessential to how i feel about them anyway - the "indie" part of what i said matters much more in the context of the album
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't believe that's an entirely honest statement, dude, considering your description of them "two white indie kids doing r&b," which seems to me to clearly be invoking some element of race in the coding of "indie" vs "r&b" -- as far as this music goes I'm actually with you on how that distinction doesn't feel significant with them, but obviously what I was getting at was a total side issue about forcing round pegs into square holes of race-coding
(it's not a big deal and I'm done -- I agree with you about the record!)
― nabisco, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, thx for pointing it out tho, i get where you're coming from
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm white btw
oh shit
― Heric E. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link