Only God Was Above Us
by Vampire Weekend
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 April 2024
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 47:10
- Community rating: 4.04/5 from 31 ratings
Artists on this release: Chris Tomson, Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Only God Was Above Us' establishes its artistic thesis on a gritty, late 20th-century New York City aesthetic, deriving its title and thematic core from a 1988 newspaper headline about a catastrophic mid-air airline disaster. Functioning as a trio for the first time in the studio, the band translates this concept of chaos and perseverance into a sonically distorted and compositionally dense soundscape that contrasts with its direct, melodic vocal delivery.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, melodic, sample-heavy, maximalist, piano
Tracklist
- Ice Cream Piano (03:36)
- Classical (04:19)
- Capricorn (04:09)
- Connect (05:10)
- Prep-School Gangsters (03:48)
- The Surfer (05:47)
- Gen-X Cops (03:47)
- Mary Boone (04:26)
- Pravda (04:11)
- Hope (07:57)
Credits
- ezra koenig - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, 12-string acoustic guitar, organ, synth bass, synthesizer, keyboards, guitar, producer, co-producer
- chris tomson - drums, additional production
- chris baio - bass, additional engineering
- ariel rechtshaid - producer, bass, synth bass, upright bass
- rostam batmanglij - producer, additional production
- dave fridmann - mixed, additional engineering
- emily lazar - mastered
- henry solomon - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- miles mosley - upright bass
- hamilton berry - cello
- michelle rearick - cello
- eliza bagg - choir
- jodie landau - choir
- kathryn shuman - choir
- luc kleiner - choir
- nick harwood - art direction, creative director
- steven siegel - "subway dreams" photos
- michael schmelling - band photos
- b. thom stevenson - lyric poster design
- michael fridmann - additional engineering
- mike fridmann - assistant mix engineer