Vampire Weekend

starrynight · 04-21-2011, 08:10 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.

Gregor XIII · 04-21-2011, 04:17 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, 08:30 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, 04:17 PM	#172 (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, 08:30 PM	#173 (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