March 15, 20241 yr Author Definitely the best one out of the three, although the first two have grown on me a lot now.
March 28, 20241 yr Out now. This one has gospel elements and a trip-hop beat to it. The whole album campaign is shaping up to be fabulous jye_dI-Jk5U
April 1, 20241 yr Author Wow! Definitely my favourite of the 4, but overall it's shaping up to be a fantastic album. Roll on Friday!
April 5, 20241 yr The album is, of course, fabulous. The opening track is very Vampire Weekend - starting off in unspectacular fashion before going full-on bonkers. That's why I love them!
April 5, 20241 yr Really enjoyed this just now... lots of familiar sounds without it being too much of a copy of early material. Initial favourites are Ice Cream Piano, Connect, Mary Boone, Pravda and Hope... although none of the songs are bad, the others just didn't feel quite as immediate to me, I feel like the Surfer could well really grow on me It's a welcome return to form, I found their last album to be their first ever that I didn't really return to.
April 5, 20241 yr 'Hope' is pretty good. May be lengthy (and the chord progression doesn't change much until the 2nd half) but correctly placed as the last track. Edited April 5, 20241 yr by All★bySmashMouth
April 7, 20241 yr great review on Pitchfork (8.6)! https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/vampir...d-was-above-us/
April 7, 20241 yr It’s totally worth that score tbh I’ve decided to splash out on the Blood Records vinyl of this. I’ve been deliberating getting it all weekend but I think I’m going to end up listening to this enough to warrant a physical copy. Plus the Blood Records variant is the most fitting one I’ve seen, the others all seem to be pretty boring
April 7, 20241 yr Really enjoying this - Capricorn, Classical and Mary Boone are my favourites so far but the album tracks are great too. I loved the sound of their last album but I love how this one feels like a less conventional version of their first 3 albums (especially their debut imo) with some slightly more odd (in a good way) structure/production choices.
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