{"id":9836,"date":"2013-05-08T10:28:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2013-05-08T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T17:28:56","slug":"vampire-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/05\/vampire-weekend-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VAMPIRE WEEKEND"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9837\" alt=\"Vampire-weekend-M-Review-No26\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vampire-weekend-M-Review-No26.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vampire-weekend-M-Review-No26.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vampire-weekend-M-Review-No26-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>VAMPIRE WEEKEND<\/h1>\n<p><b><i>Modern Vampires of the City\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>[XL Recordings]<\/p>\n<p>Vampire Weekend\u2019s third album expands its varied repertoire with a musical valentine to their hometown of New York City. Set to liquid chords and languid rhythms, the band\u2019s serious-minded lyrics center on the trials of 20-something life. The band incorporates numerous sounds, from rubbery bass on the mod-rockabilly number \u201cDiane Young\u201d to Hammond organ on the Beach Boys-inspired \u201cUnbelievers.\u201d This kitchen-sink aesthetic might overwhelm some bands, but singer Ezra Koenig grounds the material with elastic phrasing and evocative storytelling. Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij, the principal songwriters, preach against complacency in relationships with oneself and others, and the result is an album of dynamic mood swings. With \u201cStep,\u201d a dreamy trip-hop ballad, the narrator embraces the challenge of the future. Later, on \u201cDon\u2019t Lie,\u201d the protagonist longs for simpler times. For such an expansive, eclectic album, it\u2019s a fitting finale.\u00a0 \u2013Blake Boldt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAMPIRE WEEKEND Modern Vampires of the City\u00a0 [XL Recordings] Vampire Weekend\u2019s third album expands its varied repertoire with a musical valentine to their hometown of New York City. Set to liquid chords and languid rhythms, the band\u2019s serious-minded lyrics center on the trials of 20-something life. The band incorporates numerous sounds, from rubbery bass on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,6536,6467,900,6537],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9839,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions\/9839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}