VAMPIRE WEEKEND is really hot right now following
the release of their 3rd studio album MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY out 5/13/2013, debuting at the #1 spot on
Billboard’s Top 200. They seem to be everywhere, on tour, TV you can’t help but hear their easy breezy
melodies sometimes ghostly music where ever you go.
The Indie, Alternative, Indie Pop/Baroque Pop group came
together in 2006, at Columbia University with members Erza Koenig; Lead Vocals/Songwriter,
Rostam Batmanglij;Guartists/Keyborads/Vocals/Songwriter and
Chris
Tomson; Drums with Bassist/Vocals Chris Baio.
They have matured and their music has reflected the coming
together of this group since their last album three years ago. People are
raving about this group. Check out the video and decide for your self.
Part
of why people are gravitating towards the “game-changer” angle is because the
album really does grab your attention immediately as not sounding like a
Vampire Weekend record. While opener “Obvious Bicycle” would seem to have all
the hallmarks of irritation—mainly, Ezra Koenig’s effete warbling of
self-consciously wordy lyrics—it also boasts a melody that is downright
freaking gorgeous, and the arrangement doesn’t get in the way of it at all.
This turns out to be a theme. The first seven songs on this album each have at
least one melodic turn, a chorus usually, or just a cool phrase, that will be
lodged in your brain for several days.
From SLN:
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