Japan Edition
CD, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress
XL (2025) JP
Vampire Weekend are the latest band to unexpectedly defy genre and geographic expectations. Since the turn of the millennium, New York groups have reworked proto-punk sounds popularised by The Velvet Underground (The Strokes, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Holy Hail), or rubbery punk-funk (The Rapture, !!!, Radio 4, LCD Soundsystem). But on this remarkable debut the latest NYC hopefuls clearly draw from a far deeper well of influences.
The most overt feature of the VW sound is the refreshing adoption of Afrobeat percussion. This alone differentiates the quartet from their peers, but when added to a multitude of nautical references and other, often ambiguous, lyrics about delightfully esoteric subjects, the results are constantly rewarding.
Tracklist
1.Mansard Roof
2.Oxford Comma
3.A-Punk
4.Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
5.M79
6.Campus
7.Bryn
8.One (Blake's Got A New Face)
9.I Stand Corrected
10.Walcott
11.the Kids Don't Stand A Chance
12. Ladies Of Cambridge *Japan bonus track
13. Arrows *Japan bonus track