Filed under: Music | Tags: boys like us, discovery, rostam batmanglij, vampire weekend
There are several reasons why I admire Rostam Batmanglij. As the guitarist/keyboardist/producer for Vampire Weekend, he contributed to what was, in my opinion, one of the most self-assured and consistent debut albums I’d heard in a long time. Like ?uestlove of the Roots, Batmanglij isn’t the lead singer, but his fingerprints are all over the band, one of the reasons Vampire Weekend successfully catapulted past the dreaded, cliched and oft-discussed “sophomore slump.”
As one half of electro-R&B-ish duo Discovery, he cranked out two of my favorite jams from ’09, and proved himself to be a proponent of my second favorite artistic flourish (after spoken word interludes): the mid-song tempo change.
I knew of Swedish brand The Local Firm peripherally as one of the exhibitors at (capsule), but I revisited them after I saw this post on Selectism about these shades. I have a similar pair of Ksubis, but I like that these are a bit boxier, and almost have a 3D glasses vibe to them, which for some reason I find appealing. I don’t even mind the metal plate logo on the bridge. Even though these were part of the SS11 show, they seem to be carry-overs from this season, as they’re currently available at Blackbird. Get ‘em while you can.
