or iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: Alternative Released: May 13, 2013 Customer Ratings (2869 Ratings) |
Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire WeekendCustomer ReviewsBreathtaking - a true masterpiece!! (5 stars)Vampire Weekend have really outdone themselves with this most recent effort. They are no longer those kids in their early 20’s writing about oxford commas. They have matured as a band and this album is as good as anything they’ve done. Their songs are no longer about youthful or mundane concepts. They have really dug deep on this latest effort - singing about regret, loss, love, and religion – the types of things adults in their la Awesome! (5 stars) So far the four or so leaked/released tracks show that this is going to be an amazing album! I can't wait to hear the rest, especially if the ones that we have heard are this good! WOW (5 stars) To everyone complaining that Vampire Weekend doesn't sound the same as their old stuff-that's the point! Their second album saw them maturing slightly from their first, and this one is them maturing from their second. They've spent years working on this because they wanted it to be at the level of music that they wanted their name attached to. Step is amazing, it's the kind of song you put a montage of late nights driving arounf with your fr BiographyFormed: 2006 in New York, NYGenre: Alternative Years Active: '00s, '10s Describing their sound as "Upper West Side Soweto," New York City's Vampire Weekend mix preppy, well-read indie rock with joyful, Afro-pop-inspired melodies and rhythms. Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, and Chris Tomson formed the band early in 2006, when they were finishing up their studies at Columbia University. Taking their name from a movie Koenig made during his freshman year, the band started out by playing gigs at the university's literary societies and at parties. Word spread...
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