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Father of the Bride
Rock · 2019 · 18 tracks · 58m

Father of the Bride

Vampire Weekend

Eighteen tracks of sprawling, sun-soaked indie pop. A collaborative pivot toward jam-band warmth, country duets, and choral samples under a bright California sky.

May 3, 2019 · Sony Music

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A bright, sprawling meditation on domesticity and global anxiety wrapped in sun-soaked melodies.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 58m
01
Hold You Now
2:34
02
Harmony Hall
5:08
03
Bambina
1:43
04
This Life
4:29
05
Big Blue
1:49
06
How Long?
3:32
07
Unbearably White
4:40
08
Rich Man
2:30
09
Married in a Gold Rush
3:42
10
My Mistake
3:19
11
Sympathy
3:47
12
Sunflower
2:18
13
Flower Moon
3:57
14
2021
1:39
15
We Belong Together
3:11
16
Stranger
4:09
17
Spring Snow
2:41
18
Jerusalem, New York, Berlin
2:55
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the Hans Zimmer choral sample into the bright acoustic strumming of track 1
The intricate, interlocking guitar riff that anchors the five-minute sprawl of Harmony Hall
The sudden, frantic flamenco-style handclaps and percussion that ignite the middle of Sympathy
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How does Father of the Bride sound next to the rest of Vampire Weekend's catalogue?

Acoustic Guitar+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar far more than the catalogue usually does.

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