Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

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

they don't have a bad song

Taking the Global Village Coffeehouse discussion to a new thread

lol zabar's, barney greengrass and jerry seinfeld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDesEcDrcc

this song reminds me of Vulfpeck

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.

And in this case the kid is Jonah Hill.

split screen + constant rotation is also like a kid using ALL the effects on the camera at once !

So apparently Jonah Hill is not ready to direct a movie...

he already did

this song reminds me of Vulfpeck

― mizzell, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 9:22 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ugh yeah it does

xpost really ? what movie did he direct ?

aw ok I just checked and his movie hasn't been released in France, yet...

Well, video is as annoying as the song.

Sunflower sounds neutered, incomplete, and thin. A rather boring tune from a band who could rarely be described as such.

My first impression of Sunflower was that it reminded me of The Stepkids, but Vulfpeck works as well.

Vulfpeck comparison is otm, I like how stripped back and casual it is though. Don't like any of the others.

(lol Seinfeld)

I'm kind of into Vampire Weekend leading a baggy revival

djp! :)

This new song I do like.

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.

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 !

haha

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

Oh man, I cannot get behind the vocals on this at all

I'm sitting here cringing and thinking "dude you could take this down a whole step, it would be fine"

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

Sunflower cover > sunflower by vw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T62P7pBEEs

the extended live version of big blue is really nice

djp is right about ezra's vocals but the cover is still amazing

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".

Oh, 3 new tracks this week !
Then the album will be released next month, right ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGNNOZ0948
https://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

*on this album

Harmony Hall is my favorite song they've ever done.

Sunflower is far and away my favorite of these new tracks.

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

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.

― enochroot, Thursday, April 4, 2019 12:18 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol i was like steve lacy?? that would be a big get considering he died in 2004

two new songs are good

Steve Lacy (new, not dead) is great and that's my favorite too.

But I do hate when young producers have or adopt the same name as old jazz dudes (see also Bob Moses, Richard Davis, etc).

Both of the new songs are fantastic.

i feel like on "this life" he really brings it full circle and assumes the guise of millennial paul simon

The chords on This Life are making me smile. Love it.

"this life" is really really good

love lacys vocals on roll burbank funk from last year

This album actually sounds exactly like its cover. I feel that if this had come out in 1993 or something it would have been massive (proto "adult alternative" if you will). Also, I never managed to get into the last album's stuffy preciousness so I really love how loose and airy this sounds.

really big into these two songs straight away

The two new songs are great !
good strategy to release a good single, then a crappy one and then, right before the album, two great songs.
They both remind me of other songs but I haven't really found out which ones, yet.
Anyway, they're instantly catchy and it feels like you already know them, which is a good sign !

Btw, I'm so relieved 'Unbearably White' is about too much snowfall.