Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

6 years is a crazy long time between two albums (it's basically the time between Please Please Me and Abbey Road !) but I'm glad it's finally coming and that it's a double (whatever that means nowadays).
Curious to hear how they manage without Batmanglij, especially for so many songs...

he's supposed to be involved to some degree still

xp It's also longer than The Smiths' entire career

Late to the party but looking forward to new Vampire Weekend music!

And this long of a wait is ridiculous for such a young band, they are not the Cure.

yea

New single out.

hell yeah, haruomi hosono sample on 2021

They quote Finger Back on Harmony Hall, lol. Really don't know what to think of it.

Harmony Hall is pretty nice - a bit longer than usual for them but the way they stretch it out is fun enough. i like the Hosono sample on 2021 too

i'm not blown away by these tracks but i like the general vibe of them a lot and the production is much much nicer than on MVOTC too so i'm optimistic enough

For a second I thought Harmony Hall was a snide attack on Batmanglij, but he worked on it, so I don't think that's the case. Reading up on Harmony Hall and Owenism, it's a pretty stark image.

Someone create a new thread.

Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride