Internet Hangover “These legally aged children—including the members of Vampire Weekend, all born in the mid ’80s—grew up listening to music from anywhere, undivided by record shelves or geography, but more importantly they grew up with multiple outlets to express frustration and share with others how much it sucks to be young/ugly/fat/different/poor/rich/white/not white/straight/gay/whatever. They don’t need to make angry music, and no young person needs to hear it. If you don’t understand this, read Hipster Runoff for a few days in a row. Or listen to Contra … Now that everyone knows what sucks and how much, any art drawing attention to that feels redundant.”
