As chaotic and inventive as Vampire Weekend ‘s arrangements get over five studio albums, things never feel out of control. The production and mixing are impressively ornate, a wedding cake that could topple if one note lands out of place. And while the instrumentation and complexity of their songs have only grown through the years — leading up to 2024’s excellent and dense fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us” — the band’s live show has only loosened, allowing for some shaggy dog moments on fan favorites. Fortunately, the music is all the better for it.

The band, nearing the end of the second leg of their marathon “Only God” tour, stopped by Montclair, New Jersey’s tiny Wellmont Theater to play four nights as a hometown gig for singer and guitar player Ezra Koenig and drummer Chris Tomso

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