Category: Vampire Weekend
Amid the exuberant riffs and the seemingly carefree jangle of Vampire Weekend’s ‘A-Punk’ lies a tapestry woven with threads of existential musing, a commentary on displacement, and the ghostly remnants of history that cling to the fast-paced lives of modern-day nomads. An upbeat anthem that tricked many into carefree toe-tapping, it secures its place as more than just an indie rock staple; it’s a layered novel set to music.
When Vampire Weekend injected the spirited track ‘A-Punk’ into the Indie rock bloodstream, listeners were swept into an upbeat, seemingly effervescent musical frolic. But beneath the jangly guitars and brisk tempo lies a narrative both cryptic and arresting, painting a tableau that feels at once historical and intimately contemporary.
All lyrics considered, “Hannah Hunt” reads like a love song, even if one that is never specifically so. The titular “Hannah Hunt” is in fact a real person. Hannah was a lady whom Ezra Koenig was...
The Speaker begins by recounting the story of Henry Hudson, a sea explorer who was mutinied and left adrift on James Bay. The Speaker goes on to address the inability of humans to escape...
The titular term “married in a gold rush” is a metaphor for the two singers (Ezra Koenig and Danielle Haim) deciding to tie the knot when everything was going well or perhaps more specifically...
Succinctly put, Vampire Weekend’s “This Life” is a song about “cheating”. But what truly makes it unique is the perspective the singer is taking. And in this regard, instead of playing the accusation or guilt game, he acknowledges...
Once again we are greeted by a song written by the clever Ezra Koenig (lead singer of Vampire Weekend) which is full of cryptic symbolism and crafty wordplay. The subject of “Rich Man”, as...
It has been postulated that Vampire Weekend’s “How Long?” is about “Los Angeles falling into the ocean”. Indeed we can see in the chorus that Ezra Koenig asks “how long ’til we sink to the...
Like many of Vampire Weekend’s songs, this track deals with a lot of heavy symbolism. As such, only Ezra Koenig, who wrote the song, as well as those he feels inclined to share related knowledge with may...
This song is titled after the “Flower Moon”, which is the name given to the full moon which occurs during the month of May. From the narrators’ perspective, this is a “cursed” event which may...
