The song “Horchata” from the forthcoming album “Contra” is available online on the band’s official website. The album is going to be released on January 12th, 2010 via XL Records.
Tracklist:
1. Horchata
2. White Sky
3. Holiday
4. California English
5. Taxi Cab
6. Run
7. Cousins
8. Giving Up the Gun
9. Diplomat’s Son
10. I Think Ur a Contra
New York band Vampire Weekend presented a new song called “White Sky”. They performed it at “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” NBC show.
According to Ezra Koenig this song will appear on their second album which is going to be released this autumn.
Vampire Weekend’s 2008 debut album was quick to draw frequent comparisons to Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ for its incorporation of African musical influences. But the band members are quick to dismiss the notion.
“In some ways the fact that it’s the only thing that comes up can be kind of frustrating,” said Vampire’s singer and guitarist Ezra Koenig in front of an audience at the TimesCenter on Saturday as part of the New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend event. “It makes it sounds like that we’re totally one-dimensional, that all we do is rip off Paul Simon. Even from the early days that became like a thing. I think the first time [somebody] yelled ‘Paul Simon!’ That was in Omaha, Neb., and I was angry for the rest of the show.” Читать далее »