Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (May 3, 2019) Album • Page 29

you....can just leave the show

 

Whaaaaaa?

 

lol 40 minutes, my guy has never been to a non-pop-punk show

 

to clarify: I think it’s a really cool thing to do as a release show but people not understanding how some might not want to watch one band play for four hours is...insane

 

what kind of show was it?

 

lol Pat, c’mon. This is so lazy

 

i mean i guess some ppl prefer to go to shows that are an hour-ish of the band playing their latest album and a few predictable "deep" "cuts" back to you, no adlibs, nothing even vaguely spontaneous, and then taking their $13.57 per customer (after ticketbastard fees) and getting back on their tour bus by 9:55 p.m. local time...but that shit bums me out man. great way to get me to not go to another one of your shows.

vw is a band i loved the shit out of 5-9 yrs ago. they dropped off the radar for like forever, i was paying attention to other stuff musically and etc. now they're back and it appears that they're going in a direction that is decidedly up my ALLEY and as interesting to 2k19 me as contra was to senior-in-high-school me. i'm very excited about it (bc like ben said even if tonight was a special thing it is still indicative of the direction they might be taking re: the rest of the tour), sorry to those who are not.

 

I'm sure they'll probably typically play 2 hours on the tour because there are openers and stuff, maybe 2 and a half but they can't play much longer with openers and stuff

 

Yeah the actual tour is going to be like 20 songs

 

thread-wide palate cleanser: what's everyones favorite non-HH song on the album, at least so far?

think I gotta go with "This Life" but "Stranger" is close

 

Stranger or Jerusalem, New York, Berlin

 

How Long and Sympathy

 

ya boy had some questionable takes pre-release, can't believe i doubted ezra and co. honestly ashamed.

 

have changed my mind about this song in a big way

 

if you love this album I HIGHLY recommend listening to the new episode of Time Crisis as Ezra, Jake Longstreth, and Ariel Rechtshaid break down the album and give some amazing insight behind the scene. Episode 92.

 

The boy boy

(close enough without the BNM!)

 

Album has grown on me in a big way. There’s still kind of a middle stretch that I get bored during (Rich Man-My Mistake) but I love pretty much everything else.

 

personally if theres zero opening bands id love to see any band i like play for 4 hours, given there are intermissions /shrug

 

unbearably white and hold you now

 

unbearably white is good because bloodpop co produced it

 

Yeah so How Long? is a boopity bop

 

Question: am I going crazy or is that James Blake at the end of unbearably white?

 

my fave by far.

 

if it is, he is uncredited

 

I think about this piece by the great Steven Hyden a lot. I really do wish more bands I liked—especially ones with more sizable catalogs—would mix up their setlists and show structures a lot, lot more.

Phish’s Commitment To Unique Live Shows Is A Lesson For Other Bands

I realize that the prospect of listening to Phish do an a cappella cover of Fleet Foxes’ “White Winter Hymnal” or a mind-blowing 24-minute version of the ’90s chestnut “Chalk Dust Torture” might seem like actual torture to many. But take Phish out of the equation: Don’t you wish your favorite artist behaved this way? Wouldn’t it be great to have access to a treasure trove of streamable live recordings that’s instantly updated after every show? Why in the world don’t more bands follow this example?