Vampire Weekend "Contra" LP
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description: Vampire Weekend's 2010 second studio album. A more electronic and studio-detailed follow-up that keeps the band's quick melodies and rhythmic bounce. Includes "Horchata," "Cousins" and "Giving Up the Gun." For fans of Phoenix, Dirty Projectors and The Shins. some bands stay in a holding pattern their whole careers. others jerk the steering wheel hard and fly off the road. on their second album, vampire weekend do neither. or maybe they do both. "i think we sound more like vampire weekend than we did on the first record," says drummer christopher tomson. 'contra' pulls off a series of impressive feats: it's bustling with fresh ideas, and yet it sounds immediately familiar; it's heavily layered but taut and kinetic; it chews ravenously through sound palettes and rhythms, and yet it's nimble and assured; it's still breezy, and yet it smolders with a newfound emotional heft. "it's sadder than the first one, a bit more sentimental," says singer ezra koenig. the songs are catchy, fast, twinkling, clattering - the darker themes of loss, doubt and regret accumulate almost imperceptibly, but they land a powerful blow. ideas for this record had been bubbling since before the release of their debut. the band started recording in january 2009, only two weeks after finishing an 18-month world tour supporting their first record. they had initially planned to work in california, feeling that the new record's spiritual home was the west coast. the decision to work in new york, however, ultimately provided the freedom and perspective to properly realize their vision. that march, the band toured mexico for the first time. they recorded new material blocks away from frida kahlo's house in the coyoacn neighbourhood of mexico city. in monterrey they found a kindred spirit in dj / producer toy selectah, exchanging ideas and philosophies over days spent listening to records in his home studio. they returned to new york energized. the finished product explodes any reductive notions of what…
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