Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above Us
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The preppy indie eccentrics return darker and denser, trading sunny bounce for frayed, chaotic grandeur. The arrangements pile up dissonant strings, woozy piano, and crackling distortion, while Ezra Koenig's literate songwriting wrestles with cynicism and ruin. There's a frazzled, big-city anxiety to the whole thing. A rich, ambitious, slightly unhinged record that's among their most rewarding work.