[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
God, I love Vampire Weekend. It was the first piece of new music I’ve gotten this year and two months in, they’re the best thing I’ve heard yet. (Possibly better than anything from last year.)
From the get-go, I got the feeling that they would get quasi-big for a new indie band too quickly and then suffer from a backlash of “Arcade Fire” magnitude. The fact that they are appearing on SNL this week will probably confirm my suspicions.
But I will continue to love them. They’re great listening for work or walking around. I’ve even put the album on to go to sleep to!
I had a hard time choosing a song to post. I can’t stop loving this one for 1) making me think of the Talking Heads and 2) name checking Peter Gabriel.