I think I hated them the moment I saw the video for My Girls. Of course it's a great video visually, but it pissed me off that so much of their performance amounted to a keyboard arpeggiating by itself, and occasionally tapping a key on the keyboard every bar to change the arpeggio.
It also seriously rubs me the wrong way and I don't think I've ever liked a single white artist that sincerely incorporated elements of tribal music. Paul Simon, Talking Heads, Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, you name it.
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