Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

yep

Ya Hey a little better than the title suggests but I can imagine the "Ya Hey" bits might get a bit annoying after a few listens.

Youtube American Express ads featuring them constantly coming up

The deadpan bits grate (except for Chris Tomson, who's a natural).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5SIKnwMZqI

Listened to Diane Young properly for the first time yesterday and while the song is fun the production is fucking awful. They've gone for that frontloaded drums approach that's been done by hundreds of inept post-Flaming Lips bands, whereas previously a big part of the appeal was the tidiness of their sound.

Hmm, it's the point of the song, which is uncharacteristically goofy and noisy, and nothing else on the album sounds like that. The overdriven production is of a piece with the "baby baby baby" vocal.

the blown-out sound makes the song

Ah okay, I might find myself more forgiving of it now I know the entire album isn't like that.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/04/29/179854416/vampire-weekend-on-new-york-souls-of-mischief-and-the-secrets-of-its-new-album?sc=nl&cc=mn-20130502

Once you get past the discussion of the album cover there are some interesting bits here on their songwriting process

Excellent!

I like "Diane Young" because I like pretty much any song with pitch-shifted vocals.

Even fake digital pitch-shifting. I don't think I've heard it used in this way before.

I'm with Buscemi on this one. Why are they even promoting via youtube a sold-out show? What's the point? Are they gonna do a live feed or something?

Are you talking about the show on Sunday night that was streamed live?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-BznQE6B8U

I'm with Buscemi on this one. Why are they even promoting via youtube a sold-out show? What's the point? Are they gonna do a live feed or something?

― Moka, Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

to advertise the live stream for the internets?

well that song is awesome

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Ok a live stream does make sense thats hy i asked.

Ya hey spunds good. I'm really liking the sound they're going for in these three songs. Might become their first record where I get the hype.

It sounds so much better than the live version.

i thought the down-tempo single was kinda lame

I think it's an interesting idea to release 3 promo tracks prior to an album release for an established rock band, instead of spreading them out over a promotion cycle lasting several months.

Was this intentional or were they just random leaks?

Intentional, they come with videos.

Yeah def interesting... They're shooting for a strong 1st week.

vampire leakened

Halfway through, I'm really liking this so far.

lol when Koenig says "You've got the luck of a Kennedy" you gotta wonder if it's praise

Damn me if Hannah Hunt isn't used in Girls.

cause this orthodox girl fell in love with the guy at the falafel shop / and why not? / should she have averted her eyes and stared at the laminated poster of the dome of the rock?

Early favorite is Hudson.

arrrgh idk if they will ever top the s/t

Contra did.

It is a bit premature, but to me MVOTC tops Contra, which I preferred to the s/t.

i can't rate this album yet but it's great and honestly since i love their music and don't really give a shit about rating albums from best to worst who cares

you're surrounded on either side by critics

ok fine u got me 8.765942/10 imho but i need to listen a few more times to make sure

On two listens (ONLY ON TWO LISTENS), this isn't as good as either of the first two, but still excellent.

The asides are goofy but I can forgive them

Which songs would you consider asides?

I mean the spoken word bits sprinkled throughout

They work because I can imagine Ezra diffidently brushing an errant lock aside while singing.

gosh, Hannah Hunt

I like to imagine the band listening to the Buckingham songs on Mirage obsessively while recording this album.

man remember when people were saying they'd only have the first album and then vanish

remember mad Clap Your Hands Say Yeah comparisons and such

Listening to Hudson. Maybe I wasn't paying attention to the past albums but this is sounding like an ambitious, mature album. I wasn't expecting something like this because I didn't take them very seriously the first time around.

It is ironically the most fun I ever had listening to an album by them.

yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I feel about it. No clue how much staying power it'll have but who gives a shit, I'm really enjoying it now.

I like to imagine the band listening to the Buckingham songs on Mirage obsessively while recording this album.

"eyes of the world" vs. "step"

Tim knows how to poke at my e-zones.

I haven't heard the rest yet but "ya hey" is amazing.
it's funny cos it kinda makes me think of their joshua tree moment !

Second half of this record in bed at night gave me high school chills