Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

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.

So Danielle Haim makes all the vocal harmonies on the album apparently ?

xp :D

The guitar pattern in the verses of "Unbearably White" clearly reminds me of a song... I know it. But I can't put my finger on it. It's driving me crazy !

it's unspeakably white

does it not sound pretty similar to blood orange negro swan? thats what i immediately heard.

er, charcoal baby rather.

I hope they have hacky sacks at the tour merch stand.

About "This is Life": this is more like it.

“this life” is exactly the song I wanted them to make

yes enjoyed these two songs

i think all 6 songs are of similar quality. looking forward to the album

yeah all 6 are good imo this band is good

I mean I still don’t really ‘get’ “sunflower” but it’s short

been listening to these in order on apple music cuz you can play a partial album and i don't see how this album is any less than very good

these songs have improved upon further listening. both absolutely great. my faves so far.

Yeah these last two are probably the best of what has been released so far. The past single was pretty bad imho.

tracklist is here at last:

Hold You Now (feat. Danielle Haim)
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life
Big Blue
How Long?
Unbearably White
Rich Man
Married in a Gold Rush (feat. Danielle Haim)
My Mistake
Sympathy
Sunflower (feat. Steve Lacy)
Flower Moon (feat. Steve Lacy)
2021
We Belong Together (feat. Danielle Haim)
Stranger
Spring Snow
Jerusalem, New York, Berlin

It’s kinda weird that D. Haim is SO present on this album. Is there a specific reason ? Are there other examples of an artist being all over another’s album without it being a duet/collab album ?

she dates ariel rechtshaid who appears to have co-produced the album

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-vampire-weekend-ezra-koenig-father-of-the-bride-interview-20190425-story.html

Ezra talks about Danielle's presence on the album a bit in this interview - he was inspired by some country duets and wanted to do a few duets on this album and she seemed like a good fit. her backing vocals on tracks we've heard so far have been really welcome imo

Thanks !
Oh yes she’s perfectly fine but I was just wondering since it’s unusual.

she dates ariel rechtshaid who appears to have co-produced the album

― J0rdan S.

Yeah he introduced them one another, he worked on modern vampires and Haim’s days are gone simultaneously.

Interesting intw. Lol about the father of his « bride ». I didn’t know !

Are there other examples of an artist being all over another’s album without it being a duet/collab album ?

Aurora's on as many tracks of the new Chemical Brothers album as Danielle is on this one and near as I can tell she's not dating anyone who was involved in the production on that

Aw ok. I’m not familiar with her and their work since... the 90´s !
But it’s a bit different for a band without a singer to have regular « guests ».

The new National album will have lots of female guest vocalists apparently.

Why does every profile have to describe in specific detail what the subject is wearing? Who the fuck cares?

Also, what the fuck is this ongoing vague obsession people have with "dad rock?" What the fuck is "dad rock?" Is it just music that won't scare off your dad?

Lol jic at this pt aren’t you the dad

Yeah, but there's nothing different about what I listen to! I mean, my own dad liked Sinatra, reggae and '50 rock.

Are there other examples of an artist being all over another’s album without it being a duet/collab album ?

Um, yes, like every other album in the world? The only noteworthy thing is the "feat." prefix, which was likely a managerial decision-- that Danielle and her management negotiated a "feature" for any track she appeared upon. Danielle and Ariel are indeed dating but this isn't like a "oh I'll get my girlfriend on the track" situation, it is a crew and they are a crew

Every other album in the world(?)

No literally every album every made doesn't use anybody else except the primary musician and/or musicianary body and the idea that a person might come in to work on several tracks over the course of the album is completely unheard of like this album is truly seminal in this regard

I mean "Danielle Haim" is featured on THREE TRACKS this is insane I'll have to do a little wikipedia research but I've never heard of an outside musician working on more than two, AT MOST, tracks on an album, like this is completely unprecedented

^^Steve Lacy knew that.

It’s not unprecedented/insane, but also not super common for “rock bands” or whatever. I don’t fault Alex for noting it / raising the question.

(And to address Alex’s question myself: a roughly analogous-seeming historical example is R.E.M.’s Out of Time, on which Kate Pierson appeared on two album tracks and an outtake. That was a zillion years ago, I’m sure there are more recent examples, but none that spring immediately to mind.)

Well D.Haim os « feat » on 3 tracks + others where she’s on vocals backing apparently (« Harmony Hall » for instance).
You might know zillions of other albums where a super famous bands has another famous singer on that many tracks without it being a duet/collab album but I don’t. Cool for you !

Xpost obviously
Thanks for the R.E.M example !