Vampire Weekend – Contra (CD)
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Liner Notes
Vampire Weekend's second album arrived in January 2010 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, a striking achievement for a band whose sound draws from Afropop, classical chamber music, and East Coast collegiate wit. Where their self-titled debut felt sun-drenched and self-contained, Contra pushed into stranger, more expansive territory, incorporating Auto-Tune and steel drums alongside Ezra Koenig's characteristically literary lyrics.
Like the first album, CONTRA was produced by keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and is the realization of a whole and unique musical vision that sees the band stretching out and adding new textures, instrumentation, and rhythms into their sound. Primarily recorded in New York with a springtime sojourn to Mexico, CONTRA feels altogether fresh, joyous, and like nothing else but is immediately recognizable as the sound of VAMPIRE WEEKEND.
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UPC: 634904042929
Label: Xl Recordings
Release Date: 1.12.10
Format: CD