The first time I heard Harmony Hall it felt like a song I had known for years, literally an instant classic
the guitarist for me and my wife's wedding was able to learn the acoustic riff of "Harmony Hall" for us and played it while we walked out just an absolutely beautiful song forever
My wife & I walked out to the reception to this song too. Played the chorus though to get the energy up. Didn't shell out the cash for a live performer, so kudos to you guys for doing it up!
This is a tough situation, she's never named her abuser and the internet is the one who pieced together a few things that it might be Ezra. the internet does not know Tavi's personal dating history, so while it's entirely possible it's Ezra, it's not for sure.
Here's the breakdown of details https://www.reddit.com/r/Vampireweekend/comments/lrappz/the_ezra_situation_explained/
While I refuse to pay attention to “album is coming” talk from Ezra it feels encouraging that he used the word “we” multiple times when talking about writing and recording. Hopefully this means that the other guys are back in the fold. the quality obviously didn’t dip at all between modern vampires and FOTB but it makes me sad to think of the other guys as touring members.
FOTB was good but I feel like there was something missing without Rostam fully involved. Mainly in some of the background textures and instrumentation
FOTB is an excellent album but it's also their most straightforward. Hope they bring some of the eccentricity back.