I can't tell you how much I love these guys. They were at Lollapalooza last year, and prior to Tammy and I flying out to Chicago, I put together this little, "So you're going to Lollapalooza" playlist for my phone and these guys were on it. Initially, when I got back from Chicago, I was listening to Kings of Leon and Manchester Orchestra almost non-stop, but then over the last couple of months I started listening to their debut album "Vampire Weekend" and I just became completely obsessed. We're talking "screaming-sixteen-year-old-little-girl" obsessed. I don't know what it is, but anyone who can work, "who gives a fuck about an oxford comma" and "all your diction, dripping with disdain" into a song is automatically on my intellectual radar.
The new album, "Contra" just came out a month or so ago, and it's sheer perfection in a can. As the video below demonstrates, this is a clever, smart, witty, fun group of guys who happen to be making kick-ass music. Lead singer, Ezra Koenig refers to their sound as “African Preppy,” or “Upper West Side Soweto.” Give it a listen.
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