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With his new album\u2019s release yesterday, Chris Baio continues his metamorphosis from \u201cthe bassist from Vampire Weekend\u201d to \u201cBaio, the Multifaceted DJ and Eclectic Songwriter.\u201d <\/span>Man of the World <\/span><\/i>is the 32-year-old\u2019s sophomore independent album.<\/span><\/p>\n Within the last few months, Baio released three singles off this album: \u201cPHILOSOPHY!,” \u201cDANGEROUE ANAMAL\u201d and \u201cOut Of Tune.\u201d The first is a saxophone-heavy, dance-inducing tune, and it absolutely belongs on your summer playlist. Shortly after, a music video was released of the artist himself dancing with a skeleton, accentuating the song\u2019s shake-your-hips vibe. And the chorus is relatable for anyone who has taken Philosophy 100 with Crowe or Roochnik: \u201cSometimes I understand you less than I get Descartes.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n But, to be honest, the second single was a bit of a let-down. \u201cOut of Tune\u201d is fairly cheesy, and its chorus reminds me of the keyboard intro to Jimmy Buffett\u2019s \u201cCheeseburger in Paradise.\u201d The track contains the album title in the lyrics, \u201cI\u2019m a man of the world \/ but I won\u2019t leave The States<\/em>\u201d \u2014 which is an surprising statement for a man who has both played international tours and lived in London since 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n However, the opening riff in \u201cMan of the World,\u201d the true title track, brings the album back to an upbeat medium. The rest of the tracks are consistent to Baio\u2019s weird but catchy tendencies. This album features some beautiful transitions as well (see \u201cExquisite Interlude\u201d into \u201cDANGEROUE ANAMAL\u201d), and offers a great balance of instruments and synthesized sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n While Chris Baio started his musical fame as solely a musician, his deep voice is smooth and mature. This album carries a very similar style to his first album, <\/span>The Names<\/span><\/i>, but the new songs sound hold more personal themes, like \u201cSensitive Guy\u201d (in which Baio announces that he\u2019s \u201c<\/span>a sensitive guy \/ even his tears cry<\/span><\/i>\u201d). And although Baio majored in Russian and Eurasian Regional studies at Columbia, his DJ roots began on the Barnard College radio station WBUR.<\/span><\/p>\n So, before you start begging for updates on the fourth upcoming Vampire Weekend album, take a listen to what this talented man has to offer the world.<\/span><\/p>\n -Caroline Barry<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With his new album\u2019s release yesterday, Chris Baio continues his metamorphosis from \u201cthe bassist from Vampire Weekend\u201d to \u201cBaio, the Multifaceted DJ and Eclectic Songwriter.\u201d Man of the World is the 32-year-old\u2019s sophomore independent album. Within the last few months, Baio released three singles off this album: \u201cPHILOSOPHY!,” \u201cDANGEROUE ANAMAL\u201d and \u201cOut Of Tune.\u201d The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1524],"tags":[157,158,160,26,159,31,79,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}