Vampire Weekend

METAShift · 10-28-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bugsy2301

Well I say oddly, given I like both, but there's something very...inclusive about them. I think you have to like everything they do, or absolutely none of it.

Nah, it's weird but it seems like I really like one song, and then the next, despite sounding very much alike, just misses the spot. It gives listening to their albums a really weird feeling.

Deathhawk · 04-06-2011, 08:12 PM

Not really a big fan to be honest. While there sound is unique they never seem to really change things up all that much. To be fair though, I'm basing my opinion off of there debut and haven't heard much off of Contra.

DoctorSoft · 04-10-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Deathhawk

Not really a big fan to be honest. While there sound is unique they never seem to really change things up all that much. To be fair though, I'm basing my opinion off of there debut and haven't heard much off of Contra.

That's exactly how I feel about them. They have a cool sound, but it gets pretty boring after a while, they don't really know how to change it up.

Mr November · 04-10-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by theuglyorgan

That's exactly how I feel about them. They have a cool sound, but it gets pretty boring after a while, they don't really know how to change it up.

I liked them quite a bit as they were one of the first Indie bands I ever got into. Then someone told me the Jonas Brothers endorse them (not sure if that's true) and I've been unable to give them a fair listen ever since. Still overall think they're a solid band though.

starrynight · 04-21-2011, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Deathhawk

Not really a big fan to be honest. While there sound is unique they never seem to really change things up all that much. To be fair though, I'm basing my opinion off of there debut and haven't heard much off of Contra.

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Originally Posted by theuglyorgan

That's exactly how I feel about them. They have a cool sound, but it gets pretty boring after a while, they don't really know how to change it up.

I'm not sure that they really are that unique. There are hundreds of indie pop groups out there so you'd need to hear all of them to check.

Interesting that people talk about the overall sound. People nowadays do tend to just like a beautiful sound even if there isn't much beyond that.

Moon Pix 1985 · 04-20-2011, 03:01 PM

Im not a fan personally but they released "Cousins" as a single in the UK and when I heard it the first time I thought "these mothers ****ers are crazy if they think this is a hit."

Its got a really weird structure to it and they quite clearly werent seeing dollar signs in their eyes when they put it out. Respect is due I believe.

Gregor XIII · 04-21-2011, 03:17 PM

Oh come on. Prove that they aren't original instead (I like them, so I would love to hear similar music

). When I heard Cape Cod Kwass Kwassa for the first time, I hadn't heard anything like it before. It's not just the african influences it's something more... Something about the way the riff completely stops every two bars... I don't know. It was unique to me.

And I think they changed their sound in a big way from Vampire Weekend to Contra. On Vampire Weekend it all sounded... organic and perhaps even a bit archaic... And the fact that they seemingly saw African music as archaic is of course a bit problematic... But on Contra, the influences are much more from South Africa, and the sound is much more electronic, it sounds like they've heard a lot of Timbaland and Neptunes in places. I just don't understand people who say they didn't develop between albums.

Gregor XIII · 04-21-2011, 07:30 PM

I just finished writing about what there is to them 'beyond' there great sound. They are emblematic of our time, with their politics and aesthetics and what-not. Or something like that.

The Centrifugue: The 'Unformulable' on Vampire Weekends Contra (10)

04-21-2011, 03:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gregor XIII Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 57	Oh come on. Prove that they aren't original instead (I like them, so I would love to hear similar music ). When I heard Cape Cod Kwass Kwassa for the first time, I hadn't heard anything like it before. It's not just the african influences it's something more... Something about the way the riff completely stops every two bars... I don't know. It was unique to me. And I think they changed their sound in a big way from Vampire Weekend to Contra. On Vampire Weekend it all sounded... organic and perhaps even a bit archaic... And the fact that they seemingly saw African music as archaic is of course a bit problematic... But on Contra, the influences are much more from South Africa, and the sound is much more electronic, it sounds like they've heard a lot of Timbaland and Neptunes in places. I just don't understand people who say they didn't develop between albums. __________________ Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur + thoughts on women in Akhmatova and Mizuguchi: The Centrifugue

04-21-2011, 07:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gregor XIII Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 57	I just finished writing about what there is to them 'beyond' there great sound. They are emblematic of our time, with their politics and aesthetics and what-not. Or something like that. The Centrifugue: The 'Unformulable' on Vampire Weekends Contra (10) __________________ Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur + thoughts on women in Akhmatova and Mizuguchi: The Centrifugue

04-06-2011, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deathhawk Groupie Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 26	Not really a big fan to be honest. While there sound is unique they never seem to really change things up all that much. To be fair though, I'm basing my opinion off of there debut and haven't heard much off of Contra.

04-20-2011, 03:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Moon Pix 1985 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 23	Im not a fan personally but they released "Cousins" as a single in the UK and when I heard it the first time I thought "these mothers ****ers are crazy if they think this is a hit." Its got a really weird structure to it and they quite clearly werent seeing dollar signs in their eyes when they put it out. Respect is due I believe.