Philonoist.net » Music http://www.philonoist.net (noun, Rare.) A lover of learning. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:38:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vampire Weekend http://www.philonoist.net/2008/04/27/vampire-weekend/ http://www.philonoist.net/2008/04/27/vampire-weekend/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:35:11 +0000 Adam http://www.philonoist.net/2008/04/27/vampire-weekend/ I’m probably late to the party, but I LOVE the debut album by Vampire Weekend. Echoes of Paul Simon’s “Graceland”, both superficially (borrowing heavily from the themes of African music) and at a deeper level, as something ties each album’s tracks together, some sort of (gasp!) musical forethought.

Maybe I love the album because it’s such a refreshing take on music: every song is just fun. The band members have a certain playfulness in their chemistry, and that’s apparent in the music (and in the videos for “Mansard Roof” and “A-Punk”, available on the band’s website). Ezra Koenig’s voice perfectly complements the lyrics he sings: a 20-something singing about love and life in the early 21st-century finally done right. He reminds me of an early Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco fame) at times.


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