Each aspect of their aesthetic is as finessed and nuanced as the last the music is as strong as their costume design and their Ziggy Stardust esque retro-futuristic band narrative is just as engaging as their live show.
What might seem like nothing more than an alternative, constructed boy band narrative has become the basis for Larry!Monument, a series by British artist Owen G. Parry, on display as a part of the group exhibition Common Property at London art space Jerwood Visual Arts. .
And while Jamie Hewlett's visuals, from witty montages to fantasy-band narratives, are still an important element, the real magic is happening on-stage.
The book, from that point, becomes a "putting together the band" style narrative, with Roland going to three different times in our world and meeting significant characters.
Of course, there are two "facts" we've come to learn about Vampire Weekend, which have dominated the band's narrative in the press ever since 2008's A Punk, the most mainstream of the band's singles, pogoed its way into the pop consciousness.
It gives them distinctiveness and puts them in the great tradition of British bands making a narrative and portraying the angst and excitement of their generation.
In the second narrative, the band members, dressed warmly in heavy clothing, are sitting around a campfire, preparing a kettle of an unknown drink.
To develop the narrative, the band turned to Antal, a lifelong Metallica fan who earned early acclaim for his Hungarian-language subterranean thriller "Kontroll".
Treuer, a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, layers the narrative with classical references.
He excels with nonsense lyrics, which is good, given this band's blithe disregard for narrative clarity.
1985 is dead-cat-bounce year, in the pre-coma Garcia-decline narrative, as the band, celebrating its twentieth anniversary, dusted off some oldies and toyed with a few novelties.
