Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride Review

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Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride
Rating:★★★★★ (2.5)

 Image result for vampire weekendThis is Vampire Weekend's fourth studio album and their first album without prominent member  Rostam Batmanglij. It is also the first album since their 2013 release 'Modern Vampires of the City' which won them a Grammy award. However, I did not see much hype online surrounding their newest release but that may just be me and my feed. I was looking forward to this album as I heard a few of their singles and I thought they sounded good and everyone knows of the fantastic past releases of this band, so hopes were high.

The album is a bit meh for me as a whole. Not the most eloquent way to describe it, but I think it mostly sums it up for me. There are a few bright spots in this album but its mostly just a lot of songs that don't resonate with me. The album could be a grower on me but I'm not sure. The songs just don't stand out and the album just plods along with nothing on much note really happening. As a little side note, when I review an album, I won't break down lyrics and their meaning. One I never like doing this as everything is personal in lyrics. Some lyrics affect others more than most and I won't condescend that for anyone.
Image result for vampire weekendThe good points of the album are there and they shine through. Danielle Haim guest features on this album and kills both songs that she appears on. Married in a Gold Rush is one of my favorite songs on this album and that is mostly due to the combination of Ezra Koening and Danielle, leading to this fantastic track. Sunflower, Harmony Hall and Bambina are also standouts for me with the former, being my favorite song on this album. It was released early and is a good summer tune that will be added to many a playlist. Jerusalem, New York, Berlin is a perfect closer for the album and is a very high strung emotional tune that does hit home for me.

I want to talk about the bad things but all I can really say about this is the fact that nothing of note really jumped at me excluding than the aforementioned songs. Most of the songs just come and go and I can't remember many of the songs that I heard. I remember when I first heard Oxford Comma, I was immediately in love with the song and wanted to play it over and over again. No songs really jumped out at me, maybe they did for others but I was just a bit lukewarm on this.

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