Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (Vinyl)
Sure, Vampire Weekend's 2008 debut is a bit twee, but that's the point. Bring any baggage you want to this record, and it still returns nothing but warm, airy, low-gimmick pop, peppy, clever, and yes, unpretentious - four guys who listened to some Afro-pop records, picked up a few nice ideas, and then set about making one of the most refreshing and replayable indie records in recent years.
While its members clearly revel in their fortunate world, their name-dropping never gets too obnoxious, and it never obscures the emotional content of their songs. They make sense of how the thrill you get from seeing your latest crush walk to class is just about the same as discovering an obscure band that changes everything you thought about music.
If you long for the days when you were an annoyingly well-read, hyper-energetic student who geeked out over music and pop-culture trivia - or if you were never any of those things, but always wondered what it would feel like, then this LP is for you.
Tracklist:
A1 Mansard Roof 2:07
A2 Oxford Comma 3:15
A3 A-Punk 2:17
A4 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa 3:33
A5 M79 4:14
B1 Campus 2:55
B2 Bryn 2:12
B3 One (Blake's Got A New Face) 3:11
B4 I Stand Corrected 2:38
B5 Walcott 3:39
B6 The Kids Don't Stand A Chance 4:03
Sure, Vampire Weekend's 2008 debut is a bit twee, but that's the point. Bring any baggage you want to this record, and it still returns nothing but warm, airy, low-gimmick pop, peppy, clever, and yes, unpretentious - four guys who listened to some Afro-pop records, picked up a few nice ideas, and then set about making one of the most refreshing and replayable indie records in recent years.
While its members clearly revel in their fortunate world, their name-dropping never gets too obnoxious, and it never obscures the emotional content of their songs. They make sense of how the thrill you get from seeing your latest crush walk to class is just about the same as discovering an obscure band that changes everything you thought about music.
If you long for the days when you were an annoyingly well-read, hyper-energetic student who geeked out over music and pop-culture trivia - or if you were never any of those things, but always wondered what it would feel like, then this LP is for you.
Tracklist:
A1 Mansard Roof 2:07
A2 Oxford Comma 3:15
A3 A-Punk 2:17
A4 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa 3:33
A5 M79 4:14
B1 Campus 2:55
B2 Bryn 2:12
B3 One (Blake's Got A New Face) 3:11
B4 I Stand Corrected 2:38
B5 Walcott 3:39
B6 The Kids Don't Stand A Chance 4:03
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