Vampire Weekend: Horchata

Before you read the review of the single please listen here. I want you to formulate your own opinion before reading mine.

SHMU's MUSIC REVIEW #1
Let me begin by saying that i enjoyed vampire weekend's first album a lot. It was simple, catchy and fun, but my biggest fear for this band is that they are a One Album Band.

For clarity here is SHMU's definition of a One Album band:

A band that releases a very successful and good debut album but has already over extended its creative juices within this first album. One fears that their second album will not live up to the first album at all and just be an uncreative mess. This unfortunately means that their fate will be buried forever after their second release.

There are many One Album Bands i have come across over the years:

-Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: whose first album was great and fresh while their second album was lame and received poor reviews.

-Tapes and Tapes: These guys had a couple catchy tunes on their first album which got over hyped and then people realized by their second release that they were done for.

-Peter Bjorn and John: Their first album was pure genius, but there second album was completely of my radar. plus i just realized one of there new songs sounds exactly like an old one except for some electronic work. The Song from the first album thats great: Amsterdam. The song from the new album thats faster but too similar: Nothing To worry about


So anyway here is Vampire Weekends new song "Horchata". After listening to it a couple of times it is very confusing musically. They tried to use electronic stuff in it and background vocals that end up sounding like a retarded Animal Collective. I mean they could of done this same song without the electronic and just use the same catchy instrumentals they did before in there first album. I admit the lyrics are still fun and fresh. I hope the other songs are not this disappointing, for i fear the signs of a ONE ALBUM BAND

VERDICT? OKAY, BUT HOPE FOR BETTER