Vampire Weekend - Contra
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Let's break this chain of "I've seen live" because I haven't seen Vampire Weekend live ( #2 ) . Moving on. Oh how I love Vampire Weekend and this record. Actually I prefer this one to the first, don't know why. So Contra. Weird name for a record innit? Actually, in portuguese, contra is actually a word and it means against or contrary to, so when I picked up this record I thought it was going to be a very negative, bit dark album, but surprisingly, it wasn't. It's fair to say that Vampire Weekend aren't a dark band, despite what the name might lead you to believe. They have this kinda african influences that I really like and of course, Ezra's voice, the soft velve or the little screams, I don't quite know what I like the most bout him ( probably his twitter, go check it out here ).
I was having a bit of trouble deciding which was my favourite track, so I asked my friend for help and it was of no use. So I realised the best was "California English", probably because it's so fast and you can really hear the bass (played by Chris Baio) and that's my favourite instrument. The band also consists of Ezra Koenig (vocals and guitar), Rostam Batmanglij (guitar and keyboards) and Chris Tomson (drums). It's an amazing band and I love the lyrics of this song as well.
Go listen to them. Seriously.
Vampire Weekend - "Contra"
XL Recordings
Tracklisting:
- Horchata
- White Sky
- Holiday
- California English
- Taxi Cab
- Run
- Cousins
- Giving Up The Gun
- Diplomat's Son
- I Think UR A Contra
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