Only God Was Above Us

Rock · 2024 · 12 tracks · 53m

Only God Was Above Us

Vampire Weekend

A gritty, masterpiece of urban nostalgia. Distorted pianos and breakbeats collide with literate reflections on a fading New York City.

It's like their early stuff but someone dragged the master tapes through a New York gutter and it sounds incredible.

A sophisticated blend of generational anxiety and historical reverence, sounding both weathered and vital.

Only God Was Above Us · vs · Vampire Weekend

Noise Textured+4.0σ

The production is built around noise textured than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 53m

01

Ice Cream Piano

3:36

02

Classical

4:20

03

Capricorn

4:10

04

Connect

5:10

05

Prep‐School Gangsters

3:49

06

The Surfer

5:47

07

Gen‐X Cops

3:48

08

Mary Boone

4:26

09

Pravda

4:11

10

Hope

7:58

11

Broken Washing Machine

2:43

12

Gen‐X Cops (acoustic)

3:11

Moments Worth Waiting For

the sudden explosion of distorted piano and frantic drums halfway through Ice Cream Piano

the massive choir-like vocal sample that anchors the bridge of Mary Boone

the intricate, hyper-speed piano solo in Connect that sounds like a malfunctioning clock

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