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VAMPIRE WEEKEND
- LP -
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
- LTD EDN. VINYL ALBUM -
CLASSIC Debut album on new pristine Vinyl.
You want ideas? Vampire Weekend have ideas. They've also
got wit, imagination, an eye for lyrical detail and an ear for
musical adventure. most importantly vampire weekend
have tunes. Oh yes, they've got tunes. Dealing in genres the
band have dubbed 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' and 'Upper
West Side Soweto'. 'Vampire Weekend' is a breath of fresh air,
both musically and lyrically, with this new york band endeavouring
to make music that is anything but straight ahead rock. straight
ahead? as if. this is indie-rock that isn't indie-rock, a joyously
exuberant carnival of melody and rhythm. strings. organs.
afro-funk guitars. courtly 18th century harpsichord. a bit of
post-punk (maybe franz ferdinand crossed with the bhundu
boys?). lyrics about grammar and architecture and preferred
bus routes and the british imperial origins of american preppie
fashion. with fleet-footed pizzazz vampire weekend deploy all
these to craft a tinglingly refreshing sound. anyone for brainy
party music? take 'oxford comma', a spartan funk charmer that
references a piece of grammar (you can look it up). then there's the
band's debut, limited edition uk single, 'mansard roof'. said
roof is an architectural style that offers extra living space in an
attic. the lyrics then go on: "the argentines collapse in defeat,
the admiralty surveys the remnants of the fleet". you want world
music? that is, music of the world? you want vampire weekend.
you can throw yourself around the moshpit to campus. you can
imagine what happened to characters in forthcoming single
'a-punk' before they ended up in the song ("johanna drove slowly
across the city / the hudson river all filled with snow / she spied
the ring on his honour's finger / oh-oh-oh"). you can shed a tear,
then shed your clothes, at the hymnal-meets-tribal thunder
of 'i stand corrected' or the epic 'm79', which is named after
a manhatten bus route and forms the heart of the album
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
Condition - MINT / UNPLAYED (NEW and SEALED)
Catalogue Number - XXLP318
Combine items to save on postage.Any extra 7" is 50p (some FREE) in UK, £1 to Europe
and £1.50 elsewehere.
Any extra 12" is £1 (some FREE) in the
UK, £3 Europe, £4 world.
ANY Flyers / STICKERS / Paper goods /
Flats are POST FREE with any vinyl.