The preppy indie pop-rock kings are coming back with a new album after the huge success of 2008's breakthrough debut album Vampire Weekend. Although the bands second album, "Contra" (hopefully named after the NES game...gotta love the spread gun), is not being released until January of 2010, the band has decided to give us a taste of the new album with their first single, "Horchata" (the MP3 is available for free download on vampireweekend.com).
Have a listen:
It sounds to me like the band is experimenting with a few new electronic and guitar sounds, but all in all, the sound remains similar to that found on the first album ("M79" in particular). Ezra Koenig continues to use his Ivy League education on his lyrics by rhyming and using words in ways that make me feel like I need a thesaurus to fully understand the meaning of the song. "Horchata" is fun and catchy, but I expect more from the rest of their second album.
And for those of you wondering what the hell Horchata is... it apparently is some gross milky beverage dranken by Latin American and Spanish cultures consisting of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, or tigernuts...yep delicious tigernuts.
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