This debut from the band with the best new name has easily been my soundtrack for the summer (what limited summer we in the UK actually got!!).
I first came across Vampire Weekend on a KEXP music that matters podcast. As soon as I heard their name Vampire Weekend, I really wanted to like this band. I was expecting some heavy gothic rock tunes pumping through my earphones, however I was totally stunned by this reggae infused sound with African guitars that is the single 'A-Punk' that followed. At first listen I thought the band seemed kind of cool, with a fresh sound making them hard to categorise, interesting yet maybe not quite ground breaking. It was only after about a month when I found myself unwittingly returning time and time again to the podcast and catching myself humming along to 'A-Punk' that I started to think maybe there is more to this band that I missed.... Luckily a week later the self titled album was released in the UK. I bought it on a Monday, pushed play and 30 seconds into 'Mansard Roof' I knew I had fallen for this band. There is something to love on every song on the album, the sound is genre confused, western indie fused with African tempo guitar, tribal drums and reggae should in all honesty not work together, but some how it works perfectly every sound is unique and cool, albeit in a sort of stuck-up intellectual way. The lyrics drip of pretentious university literature students, showing off their vocab and quoting events and references from this years course work – However like everything else on this album, this only seems to make the band more likeable !!
Simple put this is a lovely album and too date I have not heard a negative comment from anyone that has heard them. A must have album for 2008
Best Songs: 'A-Punk', 'Mansard Roof'Favourite Song: 'Oxford Comma' Album Rating: 4/5Where to Listen: Anywhere! if the weather's good and you are surrounded by friends push play and enjoy.
Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend
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