His methodical dance-moves showed a sincere sophistication of the Vampire Weekend sound, that fell in line with his polished and precisely-produced tracks. He strutted on the Tunnel Stage in a two-tone blazer, toggling between his synth set-up and the front-and-center position with mic in hand. I really wanted it to be a record where anything could happen and that's the way I chose to explore that,” he said.
Instead of doing that, I thought it’d be more exciting to have this banging, mournful, techno instrumental.
“I didn't want it to be the kind of record where you get to the middle point and there's like all the ballads… maybe it gets a little boring and becomes a part of the record that the listeners tends to skip over. I've personally never heard an album quite like it, one that seamlessly jumps from indie pop songs like single “Sister of Pearl,” to electro-forward compositions like “All The Idiots.” Saturday's set pulled from all of these elements and in speaking on his debut, the debonair Baio explained that he wanted to it to be “a thrilling record”: Baio's debut album The Names, is a mixture of hook-y indie ballads, strewn with Detroit techno and house-inspired forays. And if his Saturday afternoon set on Treasure Island Music Festival's Tunnel Stage showed us anything, it's that he has a bold and unique identity all his own.
If you're not already in the know, Baio is the solo project of Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio.
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