- Artist
- Vampire Weekend
- Album
- Father of the Bride
Early reviews. Based on 7 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence | B+ | 88 | “Ezra Koenig and guests return with a mature record on love, lust, and loss.” |
| Pitchfork | 8/10 | 80 | “Vampire Weekend return with a shaggy, sprawling double album all about rebirth, contentment, and the reclamation of light.” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “Nearly six years to the day after dropping the stunning 'Modern Vampires of the City', Ezra Koenig and co. have finally returned with a fourth” |
| PopMatters | 7/10 | 70 | “Even now, 11 years after Vampire Weekend's breakthrough with its 2008 self-titled LP, it seems that one can't just have opinions about the New York City indie” |
| musicOMH | 3.5/5 | 70 | “Six long years have passed since we last heard from Vampire Weekend, so much time that they almost seem emblematic of a different era. Father Of The Bride” |
| Slant | 3.5/5 | 70 | “There’s still darkness flitting around Ezra Koenig’s consciousness, but it’s more of the “middle-aged malaise” variety.” |
| Uncut | 7/10 | 70 | “Back after six years with a transformative, possibly divisive double” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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