With the debut of their new album – Modern Vampires Of The City – in May 2013, Vampire Weekend have been a buzz in the music industry. The band has been on tour since, promoting the new album in countless music festivals and their own headlining tour. What has been coined as the band’s last album to the trilogy of a discography, Modern Vampires Of The City was an album that even frontman Koenig agrees to be of a more mature stature. Modern Vampires of The City has also received critical acclaim and even a Grammy for Best Alternative Album.
For myself, I’m an avid Vampire Weekend fan. I’ve spent countless hours listening to their self-titled album and Contra; the catchy tunes and ingenious lyrics from both albums are something that should be praised. Now with Modern Vampires Of The City, the band took a profound turn with their theme and sound. Unlike Vampire Weekend’s first two albums, MVOTC doesn’t speak of english grammar or of walking across the campus and doesn’t have their accounted Afro-pop sound. The band centered around an evident theme of time, which can be seen in Don’t Lie or even in their song Diane Young, the title a witty play on words. What also can be heard in Vampire Weekend’s latest album is a style of New York City. The band members are Columbia graduates making New York City a place of familiarity between all of them. Through name-checking in Step and a talk rap in Finger Back mentioning a falafel shop, Modern Vampires Of The City was centered on the band’s roots.
Modern Vampires Of The City is an album worth listening, especially their track Hannah Hunt; a ballad that Koenig worked on for over seven years. Vampire Weekend makes it clear that their era of Cape Cod has come to an end and a regime of maturity has begun.
For myself, I’m an avid Vampire Weekend fan. I’ve spent countless hours listening to their self-titled album and Contra; the catchy tunes and ingenious lyrics from both albums are something that should be praised. Now with Modern Vampires Of The City, the band took a profound turn with their theme and sound. Unlike Vampire Weekend’s first two albums, MVOTC doesn’t speak of english grammar or of walking across the campus and doesn’t have their accounted Afro-pop sound. The band centered around an evident theme of time, which can be seen in Don’t Lie or even in their song Diane Young, the title a witty play on words. What also can be heard in Vampire Weekend’s latest album is a style of New York City. The band members are Columbia graduates making New York City a place of familiarity between all of them. Through name-checking in Step and a talk rap in Finger Back mentioning a falafel shop, Modern Vampires Of The City was centered on the band’s roots.
Modern Vampires Of The City is an album worth listening, especially their track Hannah Hunt; a ballad that Koenig worked on for over seven years. Vampire Weekend makes it clear that their era of Cape Cod has come to an end and a regime of maturity has begun.