Vampire Weekend
Only God Was Above Us
65--100点相当
The Skinny 含む2メディア以上が満点
元々持っているメロディの良さを軸に、
今作では、うっすらと
60s サイケな雰囲気を意識させる
空間エフェクトな感じ
すごく評判はいいようだけど
飽きるかなぁという印象もある。
In many ways, their first album with most of their original lineup in almost a decade following 2019’s pleasing if detached ‘Father Of The Bride’ (an Ezra Koenig solo album in all but name that was influenced by a move to California), seems to exist in a different canon; it lacks, purposely perhaps, the more obvious hooks present on previous albums. It’s in no way a complete reinvention: there’s elements of 2013’s ‘Modern Vampires Of The City’’s anxious outlook, and more concise takes on the joyful, jam band essence that defined ‘Father Of The Bride’. Mostly, though, ‘Only God Was Above Us’ is its own sensory overload, heavy on distortion, hip-hop rhythms and urgent drum fills. On ‘Mary Boone, for example, a simple twinkling piano motif is woven throughout to deliver moments of peace amid the chaos.
