Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

Oh yeah, Flower Moon is perfect. Someone already pointed out the It's gonna take a YeeeAAaaaar but, but my gf and I have been walking around the house singing that non-stop since it came out. So catchy. Danielle Haim's "simple twist of fate" on the bridge is really nice too.

my gf and I have been walking around the house singing that non-stop since it came out.

you belong together

Oh I just heard this album and oh it's good. I think it's the most I've enjoyed an album by this band

Flower Moon makes me hope indie-mpb becomes a thing soon. So Good!

What song is the bassline from How Long referencing? It's really bugging me

it kinda kinda sounds like 'where is my mind?'

I'm hearing some sort of early-2000s hip hop tune from the Dre/Eminem/D12 era??

housewife?

https://youtu.be/WGXhmz1bEfg

Agree about the middle stretch. No duds but I reckon Sympathy is a really hard track to sequence within that album, and Rich Man really feels like a back-stretch tune rather than early (relatively) in the album.

I like "Sympathy," but am I the only one who hears the Doobie Brothers in there? "Without love, where would you be right now" etc.

should’ve waited to revisit modern vampires maybe, currently this record is paling in comparison to “unbelievers”

last nite my friend pointed out that Quincy Jones is ezra's father in law. if any of u interview him ask him what thats like

I like this band the best when they remind me of dudes I would have smoked a joint with at a Ween show

last nite my friend pointed out that Quincy Jones is ezra's father in law. if any of u interview him ask him what thats like

― flopson, Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Rashida Jones and Koenig aren't married but yeah

According to the credits, How Long contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, but I'm not really hearing it.

this album is very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Sub9jldNejc

Hi, Bee!

Jerusalem, New York, Berlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7RTO8uqUB8

According to the credits, How Long contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, but I'm not really hearing it.

― MarkoP, Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:15 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's it. to me it's really prominent

although now I'm listening to th Whispers song and no they're not the same so maybe there's a version with a more stripped down bassline? this is bugging me

Still, I think people moaning about this album are playing hard to please. It's their best album

I like the piano on Harmony Hall - makes me think of Happy Mondays

isn't it an embarrassingly undisguised george michael lift

maybe, what song? makes me think of Step On

which, if true, would kind of make sense since they based it on John Kongos' song and their obsession with South African music.

a pleasing feedback loop, even if it is contrived and in my head only

Is the mix a bit shit on that Fallon performance or do the band just lack a bit of oomph in general?

Fucking great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TcYMwXBrKY

Harmony Hall piano sounds like The Charlatans’ “Just When You’re Thinking Things Over”.

Stranger is straight fleetwood mac to me

same

Isn't the Harmony Hall the same samba-like piano that has been on a bunch of songs since Sympathy for the Devil?

it reminds me of screamadelica

Stranger is def Fleetwood Mac, and the overall sonics of the album owe more than a little to Lindsey Buckingham.

otm brad. not the piano per se, but harmony hall also reminds me quite a bit of touch of grey, prob because they're in the same key.

Now with not only Danielle but the whole Haim !
https://youtu.be/Sub9jldNejc

only one listen in - the album opens with a great run up until "Married in a Gold Rush", after which it's more spotty. many of these songs seem surprisingly straightforward, without the knottiness that their previous albums had (I guess as Ezra has talked about), and I wonder if it will hold up to repeated listens because of that. but it was an enjoyable first listen certainly

and yes that piano on HH sounds like "Sympathy for the Devil", "Just When You're Thinking Things Over", "Freedom '90", and "Loaded" because all those songs basically use the same piano pattern

Stranger is complete Fleetwood Mac. Seems weird to be hidden so far at the back, absolutely love the sax in it.

The arrangement of Jerusalem, New York, Berlin makes me excited for the live arrangements of the shorter songs... but I'm a bit iffy on Ezra's voice in most of the live clips I've seen so far.

they've been doing a version of big blue that's 5 minutes and a version of 2021 that's approaching 7 lol

but I'm a bit iffy on Ezra's voice in most of the live clips I've seen so far.

yes, I thought the same thing. It's very weak/borderline off.
And someone mentioned their rhythm section upthread and it's also pretty weak in these live clips. The songs never really take off (which is a shame with 2 drummers !).

Anyway, after a week of listening to this a lot, I think my top 5 would be :
HH
This Life
Gold rush
Flower Moon
Jerusalem

yes, I thought the same thing. It's very weak/borderline off.
And someone mentioned their rhythm section upthread and it's also pretty weak in these live clips. The songs never really take off (which is a shame with 2 drummers !).

― AlXTC from Paris, F

Wow. To my ears he's never sounded clearer and stronger than in that "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" clip.

The songs never really take off (which is a shame with 2 drummers !).

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, May 10, 2019 3:58 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they really are embracing 80s Grateful Dead!

Eheh, that kind of sets with gazillion guys on stage (2 drummers ! 3 keyboards ! 12 guitarists ! 1 triangle !) remind me of 80s/90s superstars extravaganza lame performances by people like Phil Collins, McCartney, Sting, etc...

Maybe Ezra is ready for a headband on stage...
oh wait !

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/94/a5/dc/94a5dc66e53835babe343bcc922bebde--ezra-koenig-vampire-weekend.jpg

Wow. To my ears he's never sounded clearer and stronger than in that "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" clip.

eh. I don't know it sounds very thin and shaky to me, not exactly in key.

I mean in pitch !

I thought of the Expanded Heads and it works beautifully.