OH man, the new Vampire Weekend album just leaked, and DAMN! It's really good! They haven't changed their sound too much which is a good thing. They've just 'thickened' their sound, if you will. Instead of the bare bones afro-pop jangle they had on their first album, they've layered more effects on their guitars. On the opening track, Horchata, the first thing I thought was "Did they jam with AnCo?". This album sound like VW listened to Merriweather Post Pavilion a lot, but that ISN'T a bad thing. You can hear the influence, but it's not a complete clone (see Interpol 'Antics' & Editors 'The Back Room'). The cover art is also very cool, in the sense that it captures the whole VW 'college prep' / 'indie' vibe with the Helvetica font and chick in a polo. Overall, great album. Only bad thing is that VW is a perfect soundtrack to any summer, and right now it's 8 degrees Celsius outside and I have a fucking cold. It sucks.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
I Think Ur A Contra
OH man, the new Vampire Weekend album just leaked, and DAMN! It's really good! They haven't changed their sound too much which is a good thing. They've just 'thickened' their sound, if you will. Instead of the bare bones afro-pop jangle they had on their first album, they've layered more effects on their guitars. On the opening track, Horchata, the first thing I thought was "Did they jam with AnCo?". This album sound like VW listened to Merriweather Post Pavilion a lot, but that ISN'T a bad thing. You can hear the influence, but it's not a complete clone (see Interpol 'Antics' & Editors 'The Back Room'). The cover art is also very cool, in the sense that it captures the whole VW 'college prep' / 'indie' vibe with the Helvetica font and chick in a polo. Overall, great album. Only bad thing is that VW is a perfect soundtrack to any summer, and right now it's 8 degrees Celsius outside and I have a fucking cold. It sucks.
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