i think they’re (wisely) saving the major slammers for the album
― flopson, Thursday, 7 March 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
jordan otm although it irks me to think of them surrounded by label managers helping them pick the perfect peace frog t shirt from ebay for the upcoming tour or w/e
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 7 March 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
idk man if you listen to his time crisis radio show ezra's pretty deep in this shit
― just sayin, Friday, 8 March 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
i love harmony hall but hvaent gotten into any of the others yet
think i'll just wait for the record at this point
― ciderpress, Friday, 8 March 2019 00:08 (five years ago) link
"Big Blue" is a nice ballad. "Sunflower" eh... let's say I agree with "pretty weird single choices" !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 8 March 2019 09:03 (five years ago) link
Is "Big Blue" meant to be a minute and a half long or is it a truncated version that was put up on Spotify?
― . (Michael B), Friday, 8 March 2019 09:42 (five years ago) link
That album cover is dorky af but 100% fits the aesthetic. Like it looks like the logo for an 80s benefit concert headlined by Paul Simon, Sting and Peter Gabriel with some touring world music acts further down the bill for the boomers to drink and talk through.
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 March 2019 10:29 (five years ago) link
(life is good brand clothes, tevas, fonts on the first wave of organic products, environmentalism, jam bands etc)adbusters magazine― flopson, Thursday, March 7, 2019 4:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
adbusters magazine
― flopson, Thursday, March 7, 2019 4:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no, no, *Utne Reader*
― jaymc, Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:03 (five years ago) link
Santa Cruz Organic sodas
― flopson, Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:18 (five years ago) link
The album cover is just as half-assed at evoking the aesthetic y’all are (accurately) name-checking, as these two songs are when it comes to evoking their apparent musical touchpoints. Actual crunchy Phish/jamband dudes in an East Coast college in 1992 might nod and say “ok, cool” if you played these tunes for them, but wouldn’t give them a second listen.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:38 (five years ago) link
Saw this via a Hipinion thread about FOTB:
https://www.are.na/blog/the-global-village-coffeehouse-aesthetic
Also apparently Ezra recently interviewed the designer of the Jokerman font:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/b2/aa/e3b2aa2fdbf0ac15653a1b0c11b8cb9c.png
All of this to me is more interesting than the new VW music.
― jaymc, Saturday, 9 March 2019 05:59 (five years ago) link
Actual crunchy Phish/jamband dudes in an East Coast college in 1992 might nod and say “ok, cool” if you played these tunes for them, but wouldn’t give them a second listen.
is that supposed to be a bad thing....
― flopson, Saturday, 9 March 2019 06:15 (five years ago) link
Third time listening to “sunflower” and I’ve decided I actively hate it and it might be the most annoying VW song ever, and this is coming from a band with a certain amount of those.
I was very much into their last album and was really anticipating this new one but these 4 songs released so far are weak as fuck
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 9 March 2019 07:33 (five years ago) link
they don't have a bad song
― flappy bird, Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
Taking the Global Village Coffeehouse discussion to a new thread
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 11 March 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
lol zabar's, barney greengrass and jerry seinfeldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDesEcDrcc
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
this song reminds me of Vulfpeck
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
That's a VERY annoying video !Like when a kid starts using a camera and finds it "interesting" to turn it all around...indeed lol Seinfeld.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link
And in this case the kid is Jonah Hill.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
split screen + constant rotation is also like a kid using ALL the effects on the camera at once !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
So apparently Jonah Hill is not ready to direct a movie...
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
he already did
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
― mizzell, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 9:22 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ugh yeah it does
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
xpost really ? what movie did he direct ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
aw ok I just checked and his movie hasn't been released in France, yet...
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
Well, video is as annoying as the song.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
Sunflower sounds neutered, incomplete, and thin. A rather boring tune from a band who could rarely be described as such.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
My first impression of Sunflower was that it reminded me of The Stepkids, but Vulfpeck works as well.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
Vulfpeck comparison is otm, I like how stripped back and casual it is though. Don't like any of the others.
(lol Seinfeld)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
I'm kind of into Vampire Weekend leading a baggy revival
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
djp! :)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
This new song I do like.
― o. nate, Friday, 15 March 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
I tried to listen to "Sunflowers" again.It definitely has an earworm (but still annoying) quality and the verses are not so bad. But the vocal/instrumental riff is trash (and the production is weak).Arguably, their worst single to date.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 15 March 2019 08:31 (five years ago) link
As a double album buried track it would be ok, I suppose.But it's as if the Beatles had released "Wild Honey Pie" as a single !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 15 March 2019 08:33 (five years ago) link
haha
― jazzed (it's a boy!), Friday, 15 March 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
VW covered the other Sunflower for Radio 1 (mixing some of their own sunflower in there): https://soundcloud.com/neonreggaesunsplash/vampire-weekend-sunflower-post-malone-swae-lee-cover-bbcr1-via-teamvampireweekendcom
very pretty, and kinda disconcerting how much ezra sounds like swae lee, or at least how easily swae's cadence from that song fits so well with ezra's a-punk-era vocal patter
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
Oh man, I cannot get behind the vocals on this at all
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
I'm sitting here cringing and thinking "dude you could take this down a whole step, it would be fine"
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
idk i don't think it's that different from his vocal mode during the peppier songs from the first two albums, though yes the falsetto part is very rough
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
Sunflower cover > sunflower by vw
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 21 March 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T62P7pBEEs
the extended live version of big blue is really nice
― ufo, Friday, 22 March 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
djp is right about ezra's vocals but the cover is still amazing
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 23 March 2019 06:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2037965/vampire-weekend-father-of-the-bride-details-a-hans-zimmer-palestine-danielle-haim/news/
Also a song called "Unbearably White".
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 March 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
Oh, 3 new tracks this week !Then the album will be released next month, right ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 1 April 2019 09:56 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGNNOZ0948https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBjoY7eyvU
"this life" is great, my favourite single so far. kinda has tusk vibes? "unbearably white" is quite nice too. the looser sound they've adopted on this sound is a good fit
― ufo, Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:01 (five years ago) link
*on this album
Harmony Hall is my favorite song they've ever done.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:59 (five years ago) link
Sunflower is far and away my favorite of these new tracks.
― enochroot, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
just scanned the thread, and it seems like i'm in a pretty small minority on that opinion. Hey, it's definitely the least boring. Need to look into this steve lacy character.
yeah i can't stand that song and i like these guys
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link