Vampire Weekend was the definition of cool when their debut, self titled album was released back in 2008. The band's debut album, incorporated elements of indie pop, Afropop, & chamber music. It featured the anthems, A-Punk & Oxford Comma. While it has been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums.
The rock band hails New York City, forming in 2006 with cool AF lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson, and bassist Chris Baio. Batmanglij.
Their sophomore album, Contra (2010), was similarly acclaimed and garnered strong commercial success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, and featuring well-received singles including Holiday.
Following Contra, in 2013 we got, Modern Vampires of the City & in 2019, Father of the Bride .
This April, they released their fifth studio album, Only God Was Above Us.
The album marks the third collaboration between the band and their longtime producer Ariel Rechtshaid. It is also the first album recorded by the band as a trio of vocalist-guitarist Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson after the 2016 departure of keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij; 2019's Father of the Bride, the first post-Batmanglij Vampire Weekend album, was created and promoted by Koenig as a solo project with Baio and Tomson only involved for the album's tours.
I was lucky enough to see the super cool NYC group at Sydney's Metro Theatre, many years ago. The group were super fun live! Playing all their sing-a-long hits. So I am super excited to feature, Vampire Weekend as a Friday Flash(back) star. Next week, an artist who released one of those MASSIVE albums of the early 2000's that you simply could not escape! See you then.
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