Anybody who thought the seemingly bottomless well of musical breakouts from New York would have dried up by winter 2008 got a shock from the rapturous reception given this impressive debut. Foregoing hipster Brooklyn for the more collegiate Upper West Side campus of Columbia, the quartet's music follows suit. This is hardly the loft-party lysergia of their counterparts across the East River; rather, it's a catchy cocktail of ethno-rhythms, psych-lite instrumentation, twee sensibilities, and an Animal Collective-style, anything-goes spirit. Instead of feigning street cred, the band wear their upbringing on their sleeves (literally), with songs about Cape Cod and the polo shirts and deck shoes to match. While Paul Simon's man-child melodies appear all over VAMPIRE WEEKEND, cuts such as the stand-out single "A-Punk" recall another quartet of infamous Africa-plundering, New York preppies: the Talking Heads. With guitarist Ezra Koenig's intricately inventive lines, Chris Tomson's ever-shifting grooves, and Rostam Batmanglij's faux-melodica keyboard melodies, Vampire Weekend have the musical muscle to merit the fever-pitched hype. Handling Time Note:** Please allow an additional 4-5 business days for this item's shipment. ** Format: Vinyl Genre: Rock, Pop Remember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from Joco Records! Track Listing: A1 Mansard Roof 2:07A2 Oxford Comma 3:15A3 A-Punk 2:17A4 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa 3:33A5 M79 4:14B1 Campus 2:55B2 Bryn 2:12B3 One (Blake's Got A New Face) 3:11B4 I Stand Corrected 2:38B5 Walcott 3:39B6 The Kids Don't Stand A Chance 4:03
