Vampire weekend who is the girl

The hour-long Father of the Bride is their longest album by far, but despite the "double-album" designator referenced by Koenig in its rollout, it feels airy, devoid of the sort of bloat that typically accompanies such efforts.

The instrumentation is layered and multifarious, but not a single element feels unnecessary. After three albums on big-deal indie XL, Father of the Bride marks their major-label debut on Columbia — but there are no big, showy singles here. It reveals its patient and benevolent charms with repeated listens. Despite these complications, Koenig's lyrics have never been more straightforward and direct — light years away from Contra 's "California English," in which he once sang about fake Philly cheesesteaks and real toothpaste in a possible reference to the band's own fielded accusations of cultural authenticity.

In the time between Modern Vampires and FOTB , Koenig aged well into his thirties and became a father, so Father of the Bride tackles the Big Themes — love, hurt, impermanence — that come into sharp relief as one grows older.

Our modern sociopolitical climate gets sucked into that too. But a specific, human sadness — the glowing melancholia that always accompanies loving someone, struggling to understand them, and failing to realize your true nature before you hurt them — acts as the lyrical cloud-cover to Father of the Bride 's pleasant weather. Vampire Weekend have settled their legal dispute with Ann Kirsten Kennis, the model who discovered her photo on the cover of the band's album Contra.

Kennis won an undisclosed settlement from the band and their label, XL Records, while her photographer remains locked in ongoing litigation. Contra was already on sale when Kennis's teenage daughter spotted her mum's face on the cover. I mean people saying outrageous things like I have a criminal record.

Where do people get off saying something like that? As with Ms. In , he set up a Web site, theoldcemetery. If the Contra case does go to trial, the outcome could hinge on a key document: a model release form that appears to be dated July 30, The date is crossed out and re-written.

The form is from Vampire Weekend Inc. No release form from the s has yet been presented in court. The notion that Ann Kennis would have signed the document in using her old stage name, Kirsten, and a last name seemingly pulled from thin air stretches credulity, as does the idea that this veteran model, who was compensated at a level just below that of an elite supermodel during her year modeling career, would have sold the rights to her image for a mere dollar.

Kennis filed her lawsuit in California, one of the 28 states in the U. Under such rules, the release is all-important. If it is found to be authentic, then Kennis may have no legal claim. Vampire Weekend Inc.

How many sales of Contra can be attributed to Kennis? That would be up to a jury to decide. It is exciting to see a band grow emotionally and musically — the newest album is looser and includes a variety of styles unseen in their three other albums — but through the transformations, Vampire Weekend has lost their originality.

Without their preppy college grad and metropolitan identity, their identity remains an enigma. As the band adjusts from four members to three, maybe they will find an answer in time.

Ellie Yang is a junior in the College. Record Rewind updates in print and online every other Friday.