Post by Seb on Jul 30, 2021 9:55:02 GMT
Ezra Koenig (April 8, 1984)
Member Of: Vampire Weekend (2006 - present), L'Homme Run (2004 - ?), The Sophisticuffs (?)
Years Active: 2004 - present
Vocal Range: F2 - A5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("White Sky" (live from Bonnaroo 2014) timestamp: 1:08)
F♯5 ("White Sky")
F5 ("Connect", "Prep-School Gangsters")
E5 ("Fight For This Love", "Finger Back", "White Sky")
E♭5 ("Bitches", "Cousins", "Papa Hobo")
D5 ("Blurred Lines", "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Ezra's Interlude", "This Life", "Unbearably White", "White Sky")
C♯5 ("Fight For This Love", "Flower Moon", "Giant", "Hannah Hunt", "Jessica")
C5 ("California English", "Finger Back", "Ice Cream Piano", "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance", "Spring Snow", "Stranger")
B4 ("Bambina", "Blurred Lines", "Dynamo", "Hannah Hunt", "Harmony Hall", "Holiday", "Jessica", "Oxford Comma", "Stranger", "Sunflower" Post Malone & Swae Lee Cover, "Unbelievers", "Warm Heart Of Africa")
B♭4 ("Bitches", "born4apurpose.mov", "Don't Dream It's Over", "Mary Boone", "Run", "Papa Hobo", "Prep-School Gangsters", "Spring Snow", "Sunflower", "Unbearably White")
A4 ("2021", "Bambina", "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Capricorn", "Con te partirò", "Dynamo", "Finger Back", "Flower Moon", "Gen-X Cops", "Giant", "Holiday", "Houston, Dubai", "I Could Be Wrong", "Ice Cream Piano", "One (Blake's Got A New Face)", "Ottoman", "Oxford Comma", "Pravda", "Rich Man", "Run", "This Life")
G♯4 ("born4apurpose.mov", "Cousins", "Giant", "Mary Boone", "Obvious Bicycle", "Spring Snow", "Unbelievers")
G4 ("A-Punk", "Bambina", "Blurred Lines", "California English", "Capricorn", "Classical", "Con te partirò", "Crash Into Me", "Don't Dream It's Over", "Don't Lie", "Finger Back", "Gen-X Cops", "Have I The Right", "Hold You Now", "Hope", "Horchata", "I Could Be Wrong", "I Think Ur A Contra"/live with Angelique Kidjo, "I'm Going Down", "Ice Cream Piano", "Interracial Dating", "Jessica", "Jonathan Low", "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance", "Ladies of Cambridge", "M79", "Mansard Roof", "NEW DORP. NEW YORK", "Ottoman", "Prep-School Gangsters", "Stranger", "Sunflower", "The Surfer", "Sympathy", "Tambourine Man", "Walcott")
F♯4 ("A-Punk", "Arrows", "Bambina", "Blurred Lines", "Bryn", "Carby", "Cousins", "Diane Young", "Diplomat's Son", "Dynamo", "Everlasting Arms", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Fight For This Love", "Giant", "Hannah Hunt", "Harmony Hall", "Holiday", "How Long?", "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin", "Mary Boone", "My Mistake", "Obvious Bicycle", "One (Blake's Got A New Face)", "Ottoman", "Pravda", "Ruby Soho", "Run", "Sunflower" Post Malone & Swae Lee Cover, "This Life", "Unbelievers", "We Belong Together", "Worship You", "Ya Hey")
F4 ("2021", "Connect", "Don't Dream It's Over", "Everywhere", "Gen-X Cops", "I Think Ur A Contra"/live with Angelique Kidjo, "Ice Cream Piano", "Interracial Dating", "Jonathan Low", "Ladies of Cambridge", "Mansard Roof", "Mary Boone", "NEW DORP. NEW YORK", "Papa Hobo", "Prep-School Gangsters", "Spring Snow", "Step", "still crahsin after all these years", "Sunflower", "Unbearably White", "Walcott")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Arrows", "Bambina", "Big Blue", "Bryn", "Campus", "Fight For This Love", "Finger Back", "Flower Moon", "Giant", "Giving Up the Gun", "Harmony Hall", "Have I The Right", "Horchata", "How Long?", "Hudson", "I Stand Corrected", "I Think Ur A Contra", "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin", "Married In A Gold Rush", "My Mistake", "Obvious Bicycle", "One (Blake's Got A New Face)", "Rich Man", "Run", "Stranger", "Sympathy", "This Life", "We Belong Together", "White Sky")
E♭3 ("Bitches", "Diane Young", "I Don't Think Much About Her No More", "Step", "still crahsin after all these years", "Sunflower")
D3 ("A-Punk", "Bambina", "Blurred Lines", "Campus", "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Con te partirò", "Connect", "Don't Dream It's Over", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Ezra's Interlude", "Holiday", "How Long?", "Hudson", "I'm Going Down", "Interracial Dating", "Oxford Comma", "Papa Hobo", "Pizza Party", "Prep-School Gangsters", "Run", "Step", "Stranger", "The Surfer", "Sunflower" Post Malone & Swae Lee Cover, "Taxi Cab", "Unbearably White", "Walcott")
C♯3 ("Arrows", "Bitches", "Diplomat's Son", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Fight for This Love", "Flower Moon", "Giving Up The Gun", "Hannah Hunt", "Holiday", "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin", "Mary Boone", "Obvious Bicycle", "Pravda", "Ruby Soho", "Taxi Cab", "We Belong Together")
C3 ("2021", "Campus", "Capricorn", "Con te partirò", "Finger Back", "Gen-X Cops", "Horchata", "Hudson", "I Don't Think Much About Her No More", "Ice Cream Piano", "M79", "The Moon Song", "Papa Hobo", "Unbearably White", "Walcott")
B2 ("2021", "Blurred Lines", "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (MySpace Transmissions), "Classical", "Diane Young", "Don't Lie", "Everlasting Arms", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Giving Up The Gun", "Hannah Hunt", "How Long?", "I Don't Think Much About Her No More", "The Moon Song", "Pizza Party", "Ruby Soho", "We Belong Together", "Ya Hey")
B♭2 ("Connect", "Papa Hobo", "Prep-School Gangsters", "Step", "Unbearably White", "Ya Hey")
A2 ("2021", "Classical", "Don't Lie", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Giving Up the Gun", "Hannah Hunt", "Hope", "Jessica", "The Moon Song", "Papa Hobo", "The Surfer", "Taxi Cab")
G♯2 ("Jessica", "Ya Hey")
G2 ("Finger Back", "Ice Cream Piano", "Jessica", "Prep-School Gangsters", "Pizza Party")
F♯2 ("Mary Boone")
F2 ("Mary Boone")
{Description}Ezra Koenig is the lead vocalist/guitarist of the world renowned NYC based (indie rock? indie pop? world music? who cares) band Vampire Weekend. Since their first releases amid the late 2000's, the band's garnered millions of followers with their cohesive blend of diverse styles, tightly polished production, energetic pop songcraft and Ezra's attention grabbing vocals.
Ezra's singing voice is relatively light and mid-to-high placed for a male singer, though his range is more middle placed than some may initially notice. He displays comfort and agility in full voice around the middle to upper 4th octave, being capable of extending up to tenor high A with slight strain. Any higher notes are typically falsetto, with scarce exceptions such as his shouted yet powerfully controlled high Bs in "Hannah Hunt". His falsetto register is very solid when used, sounding very capable in the lower to mid 5th octave. Ezra also makes almost as much usage of his lower register as well (his notably lower speaking voice also contrasts with his seemingly high placed singing voice). Many of his songs feature lower 3rd octave notes, with some pretty consistently decent use of upper 2nd octave notes ever since VW's 2nd album Contra.
Ezra's singing voice is relatively light and mid-to-high placed for a male singer, though his range is more middle placed than some may initially notice. He displays comfort and agility in full voice around the middle to upper 4th octave, being capable of extending up to tenor high A with slight strain. Any higher notes are typically falsetto, with scarce exceptions such as his shouted yet powerfully controlled high Bs in "Hannah Hunt". His falsetto register is very solid when used, sounding very capable in the lower to mid 5th octave. Ezra also makes almost as much usage of his lower register as well (his notably lower speaking voice also contrasts with his seemingly high placed singing voice). Many of his songs feature lower 3rd octave notes, with some pretty consistently decent use of upper 2nd octave notes ever since VW's 2nd album Contra.
{Discography}Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend (2008): C3 - A4 - D5
Contra (2010): A2 - B♭4 - F♯5
Modern Vampires of the City (2013): G2 - C5 - E5
Father of the Bride (2019): A2 - A4 - D5
Only God Was Above Us (2024): F2 - A4 - F5
Vampire Weekend (2008): C3 - A4 - D5
Contra (2010): A2 - B♭4 - F♯5
Modern Vampires of the City (2013): G2 - C5 - E5
Father of the Bride (2019): A2 - A4 - D5
Only God Was Above Us (2024): F2 - A4 - F5
{Bolded Notes}F♯5 "White Sky"
E♭5 "Papa Hobo"
D5 "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Ezra's Interlude"
B4 "Hannah Hunt"
A4 "One (Blake's Got A New Face)"
G4 "Horchata"
F♯4 "A-Punk", "Diane Young", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Worship You"
F4 "Ladies Of Cambridge"
D3 "Taxi Cab"
B2 "Exit Music (For A Film)", "I Don't Think Much About Her No More", "The Moon Song", "Ya Hey"
B♭2 "Prep-School Gangsters"
A2 "Don't Lie", "Jessica"
G2 "Finger Back"
E♭5 "Papa Hobo"
D5 "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Ezra's Interlude"
B4 "Hannah Hunt"
A4 "One (Blake's Got A New Face)"
G4 "Horchata"
F♯4 "A-Punk", "Diane Young", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Worship You"
F4 "Ladies Of Cambridge"
D3 "Taxi Cab"
B2 "Exit Music (For A Film)", "I Don't Think Much About Her No More", "The Moon Song", "Ya Hey"
B♭2 "Prep-School Gangsters"
A2 "Don't Lie", "Jessica"
G2 "Finger Back"
{Questionable Notes}G5 ("Ice Cream Piano" [2])
F♯5 ("Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (MySpace Transmissions) [5], "Jessica" [4], "Ya Hey" [4])
E5 ("Fight For This Love" [1], "Sympathy" [2])
E♭5 ("NEW DORP. NEW YORK" [1])
C♯5 ("Diane Young" [1])
C5 ("Run" [1])
F2 ("Step" [4])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
F♯5 ("Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (MySpace Transmissions) [5], "Jessica" [4], "Ya Hey" [4])
E5 ("Fight For This Love" [1], "Sympathy" [2])
E♭5 ("NEW DORP. NEW YORK" [1])
C♯5 ("Diane Young" [1])
C5 ("Run" [1])
F2 ("Step" [4])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
