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Writing about any band with a hint of Afrobeat that came after Vampire Weekend is like writing about any tablet released after the iPad: the annoyingly misplaced pretense makes your writing seem useless when you know all the readers are going to say “well that’s fine, but it’s no original.” Speaking about the music, this pretense truely isn’t fair, since Vampire Weekend isn’t good. They took a lovely indie pop concept and wrapped it in a sickening cashmere cloak of East Coast Ivy haughtiness. I thought pop was supposed to be fun, not snooty
Enter Givers. The purveyors of Afrobeat indie pop the way it should be made. Lively, danceable, fun, and mostly stripped of the pretension. Givers’ instruments and the girl/boy vocal interplay explode with a tense, groovy energy. Their music is a soundtrack to the summer’s noisier moments; you can easily hear their tunes playing background to a pickup football game or a carnival ride.
What we see in Givers is a band that has done what many wish Vampire Weekend would do. They have ripped away their sweaters and oxfords and careened headfirst into the jovial vibe of summer, bringing us an album ripe with sunny, foot-stomping good indie pop. If you can track down their CD, buy it; you won’t be disappointed
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This is the girl of my dreams.
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people asking me what kind of music i like is such a stressful experience
YES
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