Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

...their ilk. And now Vampire Weekend: a quartet who met while studying at Columbia University. Naming themselves after an amateur film made by their singer/distinctly unshowy guitarist Ezra Koenig, they cut an almost painfully preppy dash, and crucially never decided to downplay who they were and where they were coming from: instead, they decided to have some fun with it. The rhythm section of bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson sounded infused ...
..._quite_ as fully formed as Vampire Weekend: usually there's the interesting period where the band obviously don't really know what they're doing (when they do their best stuff) before professionalism and experience (and only having enough ideas for one album) grind the life out of them. The record really _sounds_ great, but not in a this-week's-fashion way: Koenig's guitar is clean and thin, just like David Byrne's was in early Talking Heads, the ...

greenierexyboy 13.05.2009 · Read full review
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...of this review Vampire Weekend . Vampire Weekend are a quartet that hail from New York state and released their eponymous debut album in 2008. I discovered them when their catchy single “Oxford Comma” was played extensively on XFM. Their name may suggest a goth or emo band but they are far from this. There are certainly no overwrought, gloomy dark lyrics here. Vampire Weekend are far from generic and sound unlike any indie or alternative band I know ...
...introduced me to Vampire Weekend. “ Oxford Comma”is a catchy , upbeat song about an over serious, pedantic pretentious college girl. The introduction again is memorable with percussion sounds like a clock ticking and a hint of Ben E King's “Stand By Me”. The vocals are less Sting like but have little mini yodels at the end of sentences. Its quite endearing. I love the lyric” All your diction dripping with disdain” with its harsh alliteration. Again ...

duskmaiden 18.04.2009 · Read full review
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Vampire Weekend, a band from New York, started out in 2006 and released a few songs but this album which is their debut album was not released until January 2008. I bought this album two weeks ago and have listened to it a number of times and really enjoyed it. The music is uplifting and easy to listen to. The genre of music is quite a mix its mainly indie with some uplifting afro beats. With one song even reminding me very much of a traditional ...
...little bizzare but it all adds to the individuality and uplifting style brought to the album by the band. The songs on the album are as follows: 1. Mansford Roof - A fairly short song but puts you in a good mood for the rest of the album and gives you a taste of whats to come. 2. Oxford Comma - Quite a well known song if you listen to the radio alot and was recently released in May. This is one of my favourite songs it sounds very different to songs ...

crazyfishUK 11.07.2008 · Read full review
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...lyrics. As a musical act, Vampire Weekend perform a brilliantly honest show which is only reflected in their album. The album is of high quality from start to finish and is definitely worth purchasing. Overall I would highly recommend Vampire Weekends' debut as one of this years' finest indie-rock albums. ...

MaddSkillzMillz 10.09.2008 · Read full review
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I LOVE this band and their debut album is really good in my oppinion altho it is slightly short. They have a unique sound its sort of classic/indie which is an odd combination but they make it work! All the songs are very up-beat and easy listening. Its a CD the whole family can listen too for example on holiday this year it was soundtrack of the week with everyone from my two year old neice loving it too my 50 year old uncle! I brought it for £7 ...

faybebaby_cpfc 31.08.2008 · Read full review
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