Contra Vampire Weekend SKU: XLLP429 Barcode: 634904042912 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: XL Recordings Released Date: 7th January 2010 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Some bands stay in a holding pattern their whole careers. Others jerk the steering wheel hard and fly off the road. On their second album,Vampire Weekend do neither.Or maybe they do both. \’I think we sound morel ike Vampire Weekend than we did on the first record\’, says drummer Christopher Tomson. ‘Contra’pulls off a series of impressive feats: It‘s bustling with fresh ideas and yet it sounds immediately familiar; it‘s heavily layered but taut and kinetic; it chews ravenously through sound palettes and rhythms, and yet it‘s nimble and assured; it‘s still breezy, and yet it smolders with a new found emotional heft. \’It‘s sadder than the first one, a bit more sentimental\’, says singer Ezra Koenig. The songs are catchy, fast, twinkling, clattering – the darker themes of loss, doubt and regret accumulate almost imperceptibly, but they land a powerful blow. Ideas for this record had been bubbling since before the release of their debut. The band started recording in January 2009, only two weeks after finishing an 18-month world tour supporting their first record. They had initially planned to work in California, feeling that the new record‘s spiritual home was the West Coast. The decision to work in New York, however, ultimately provided the freedom and perspective to properly realize their vision. 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