Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend FLAC (2008 )

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008 )

Cover pic.

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If you listen to much indie rock, Vampire Weekend are probably old news,the New York quartet being one of 2007's most buzzed-about new bands. They're four ex-Columbia University students with a suave sound that incorporates ska, New Wave and Afro-pop — interesting enough for listeners looking for variation among their buzz bands. On their debut, Vampire Weekend mostly earn points the old-fashioned way: by writing likable songs you'll be glad to revisit next month.
For much of the album, Vampire Weekend keep things simple: Songs like "Mansard Roof" are little more than slinky guitar lines, keyboard and string adornments, and caffeinated grooves. Ezra Koenig tosses off sweetly crooned melodies and lyrics that cut nostalgia and romance with a modicum of snark: "Campus" is a vignette about a college infatuation, though Koenig on another song also manages to make a strong hook out of "Who gives a f**k about an Oxford comma?"
As for the African thing, they're smart enough to know there's a political dimension to Columbia kids borrowing from Afro-pop, and their appropriations seem fairly unspecific. Those appropriations are also tucked neatly into VW's sound: "Bryn" rides the kind of triplet-based polyrhythms both India and Africa could claim, but the tune is a love-struck thing Arcade Fire might turn out. Then there's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," the most Afro of the pop tunes here, with a conga groove and register-jumping bass lines. Koenig mentions Benetton. He sings, "This feels so unnatural/Peter Gabriel, too." VW may grow out of this kind of self-consciousness, but the song is warm and well-executed — just like most of their debut.

Track listing:

1. "Mansard Roof" - 2:07
2. "Oxford Comma" - 3:15
3. "A-Punk" - 2:17
4. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - 3:34
5. "M79" - 4:15
6. "Campus" - 2:55
7. "Bryn" - 2:12
8. "One (Blake's Got A New Face)" - 3:13
9. "I Stand Corrected" - 2:39
10. "Walcott" - 3:41
11. "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" - 4:03

Total Play Time: 34:11

Personnel:

Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitar, piano, hand drum
Rostam Batmanglij – organ, chamberlin, piano, harpsichord, guitar, vocal harmonies, drum and synth programming, shaker, producer, string arrangements, engineering, mixing
Chris Baio – bass
Christopher Tomson – drums, guitar
Hamilton Berry – cello
Jonathan Chu – violin, viola
Jeff Curtin – hand drums, shaker
Wesley Miles – vocals
Jessica Pavone – violin, viola
Joey Roth – hand drums


CD Release date: 29/01/2008

Label: XL Recordings



Format: Lossless FLAC
EAC/FLAC inc. CUE sheet, M3U & log

Size: 211MB