sound: Indie/Pop
Firstly, don't start with me Chris i know this isn't the actual album art but im seriously freaked out by the girl on the cover. There's only so much eye rape i can take, besides this one is better. This is the sophomore record [ i hate that term, but look at me using it anyway] from Vampire Weekend, once again if you hadn't heard of these guys a year ago you must not have had your ear to the Hip Music Coconut Wireless. Even after a nauseating amount of attention from the media, they stayed classy, toured as intimately as their sudden success would allow, and have maintained their tight knit fan base from NY. Which includes multi-talented NY bros Ra Ra Riot [see; The Rhumb Line] who they teamed up with to drop the funky LP under the name Discovery. I've had 6, or 7 listens under my belt now and i can't really shake that beach fire, summer bbq, skating in Santa Monica, lawn beers feel of this record. A little less of that Peter Gabriel [small pun intended] college drum circle feel and a little more electro on this one, but surprisingly it works. Still expect those fast hats, light guitar riffs, and gentle croons you loved from their S/T. Oddly enough i think my favorite songs so far are White Sky and Cousins both of which i was convinced on first listen were the most annoying fucking songs in the world. If you were a big fan of the sweet low tones in jams like The Kids Don't Stand a Chance and I Stand Corrected then check out Taxi Cab and the ultra chill I Think Ur a Contra. Lovin' this record right now, Cheers.
sounds like: Ra Ra Riot, A.C. Newman, Discovery
