Last night, Vampire Weekend officially debuted their new song 'White Sky' on the Jimmy Fallon show. Ezra Koenig’s vocals were perfect and the whole band seemed to be clicking and in fine form. The song has been floating on the net for a little bit now. The original song floating around was a wild, rollicking party song, with wild-but-controlled vocals and a clap-heavy, keyboard-driven beat that sounded like Kanye West having some fun with his drum machine from the 808's album.
However, last night was a bit different. The boys turned the song into a slow, rather dull tune. It was still sweet, sure, it used the string section to great effect, and it will sound great on the record as an easy listen on the ears. But it certainly wasn’t the wild, upbeat Vampire Weekend song I heard a few weeks ago. I still believe that their next album will be great, if not better than their first.
And that's my two cents.
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