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Vampire Weekend Is An Indie Rock Band Which Formed In February 2006 In New York City New York United States. The Band Consists Of Ezra Koenig Vocals Guitar Chris Baio Bass And Christopher Tomson Drums . Rostam Batmanglij Has Left The Band In Early 2016 To Begin Solo Career But Will Continue To Collaborate With Ezra. The Band Has Released Four Albums "Vampire Weekend" 2008 "Contra" 2010 " "Modern Vampires Of The City" 2013 And "Father Of The Bride" 2019 . The Band Has Gained Positive Comparisons To Such Artists As Paul Simon Haircut 100 And The Walkmen. Vampire Weekend Received Much Buzz From Local Blogs Throughout 2007 During Their Rise To A Record Deal With Indie Label XL Recordings. Rolling Stone Placed Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa At Number 57 For The Top 100 Songs Of 2007. The Band's Debut Album "Vampire Weekend" Was Released On January 28. 2008. It Was A Surprise Success Peaking At #17 On The Billboard 200. Their Second Album "Contra" Was Released On January 12 2010. It Contains The Single "Cousins". The Album Debuted At #1 On The Billboard 200 Only The 12th Independently Released And Distributed Album To Achieve Such A Feat. They Are Self-Proclaimed "specialists In The Following Styles 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' 'Upper West Side Soweto' 'Campus' And 'Oxford Comma Riddim.'" The Name "Vampire Weekend" Comes From A Movie That Ezra Koenig Made In The Summer Of His Freshman Year At College. You Can Watch The Trailer On Youtube Here. Their Official Site Is Http //www.Vampireweekend.Com/
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This Song Was Already A Live Favorite Prior To It Being Recorded. Vampire Weekend Debuted This Song At The Album-Release Show For Their First Album In January 2008 And Then Performed It During Their Appearance On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon In March 2009. Frontman Ezra Koenig Explained To MTV News "That Song Came Together In A Way That None Of Our Older Songs Ever Have. Multi-Instrumentalist/producer Rostam Batmanglij Made A Beat And Sent It To Us And I Spent Some Time Writing Lyrics And A Melody To It And Then We Put It Together Into What It Is Now. On That Level It Is Very Distinct From What We've Done." Koenig Explained In Track-By-Track Production Notes "It's Inspired By Some Of The Same African Vibes And Rhythms That Influenced The Debut But The Finished Product Represents A New Chapter In The Band's Sound. "This Song Picks Up Where 'M79' Left Off. Similar People Similar Geography But I Think A More Developed Sense Of Purpose."
Vampire Weekend Are Notorious For Their Use Of African Rhythms In Their Songs Describing Their Genre Of Music As "Upper West Side Soweto" Koenig Commented To The Guardian January 7 2010 "It's Just As Natural For Us To Listen To Music From Africa As It Is To Cream Or Whoever. There's No Reason Why Cream Should Be A Bigger Part Of My Heritage – My Family Is From Eastern Europe And Grew Up In New Jersey And Eric Clapton Is A British Guy Playing The Blues. When You Break It Down Like That The Rock'n'roll Canon Becomes A Little Less Monolithic. Just Because I Grew Up A White Guy In America Doesn't Mean That's The Music Of My Life." One Of The Lyrics Refers To A Richard Serra Skatepark. Koenig Explained To The London Times January 23 2010 That The Phrase Occurred To Him After He Saw A Serra Sculpture At MoMA And Thought "if I Could Skate That Would Be Fun To Skate On."
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Vampire Weekend Is An Indie Rock Band Which Formed In February 2006 In New York City New York United States. The Band Consists Of Ezra Koenig Vocals Guitar Chris Baio Bass And Christopher Tomson Drums . Rostam Batmanglij Has Left The Band In Early 2016 To Begin Solo Career But Will Continue To Collaborate With Ezra. The Band Has Released Four Albums "Vampire Weekend" 2008 "Contra" 2010 " "Modern Vampires Of The City" 2013 And "Father Of The Bride" 2019 . The Band Has Gained Positive Comparisons To Such Artists As Paul Simon Haircut 100 And The Walkmen. Vampire Weekend Received Much Buzz From Local Blogs Throughout 2007 During Their Rise To A Record Deal With Indie Label XL Recordings. Rolling Stone Placed Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa At Number 57 For The Top 100 Songs Of 2007. The Band's Debut Album "Vampire Weekend" Was Released On January 28. 2008. It Was A Surprise Success Peaking At #17 On The Billboard 200. Their Second Album "Contra" Was Released On January 12 2010. It Contains The Single "Cousins". The Album Debuted At #1 On The Billboard 200 Only The 12th Independently Released And Distributed Album To Achieve Such A Feat. They Are Self-Proclaimed "specialists In The Following Styles 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' 'Upper West Side Soweto' 'Campus' And 'Oxford Comma Riddim.'" The Name "Vampire Weekend" Comes From A Movie That Ezra Koenig Made In The Summer Of His Freshman Year At College. You Can Watch The Trailer On Youtube Here. Their Official Site Is Http //www.Vampireweekend.Com/ read less
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This song was already a live favorite prior to it being recorded. Vampire Weekend debuted this song at the album-release show for their first album in January 2008 and then performed it during their appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in March 2009.
Frontman Ezra Koenig explained to MTV News: "That song came together in a way that none of our older songs ever have. [Multi-instrumentalist/producer] Rostam [Batmanglij] made a beat and sent it to us, and I spent some time writing lyrics and a melody to it, and then we put it together into what it is now. On that level, it is very distinct from what we've done."
Koenig explained in track-by-track production notes: "It's inspired by some of the same African vibes and rhythms that influenced the debut, but the finished product represents a new chapter in the band's sound. "This song picks up where 'M79' left off. Similar people, similar geography, but, I think, a more developed sense of purpose."
Vampire Weekend are notorious for their use of African rhythms in their songs, describing their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto" Koenig commented to The Guardian January 7, 2010: "It's just as natural for us to listen to music from Africa as it is to Cream or whoever. There's no reason why Cream should be a bigger part of my heritage – my family is from eastern Europe and grew up in New Jersey and Eric Clapton is a British guy playing the blues. When you break it down like that, the rock'n'roll canon becomes a little less monolithic. Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life."
One of the lyrics refers to a Richard Serra Skatepark. Koenig explained to The London Times January 23, 2010 that the phrase occurred to him after he saw a Serra sculpture at MoMA and thought, "if I could skate, that would be fun to skate on." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.