Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (CD)
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Vampire Weekend arrived in 2008 fully formed, a Columbia University quartet whose debut felt like nothing else in indie rock at the time. Their borrowings from Paul Simon's Graceland-era South African influences were worn openly and with genuine scholarship, filtered through an East Coast prep-school lens that somehow made songs about grammar and etiquette feel urgent and alive.
This NY four-piece draw on their diverse backgrounds and interests, experimenting with African guitar music, the Western classical canon, hazy memories of Cape Cod summers, winters in upper Manhattan and reggaeton. "Equal parts shruggy New York indie strumming and groovy Afro-pop, Vampire Weekend's organ-and-drum runs highlight narratives about relationships, punctuation and sometimes both"- Spin Magazine.
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UPC: 634904031824
Label: Xl Recordings
Release Date: 1.29.08
Format: CD