Check Out: A Vampire Weekend demo
Since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album and an equally solid U.S. tour, Vampire Weekend have been laying low. Well, besides the current European tour and recent announcements that the they will be partaking in the upcoming Treasure Island and Rogers Picnic music festivals, but lets just pretend for arguments sake.
In other words, the New York natives have plenty of times to bestow us with a new demo and thanks to keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij’s myspace, we recently were graced with a much softer, string heavy, early version of “Campus”.
In other news, Vampire Weekend are the new Strokes. Wait..I mean…new Bloc Party.
Check Out:
“Campus” (Demo Version) (via)
“Mansford Roof” (Live on KEXP) (via)
It’s definitely the strings, but the track has a very Beatles-esque feel to it. In a good way, I think.
Also, the Vampire Weekend hate is getting a little annoying. Brooklyn Vegan loved them last year, and this year they despise them. Though, when reading the comments to prove this, it is pretty funny. Oh the internet.
(Also, I blame MTV.)
(Seriously though, what was up with MTV whoring out Vampire Weekend for awhile there?)
Nice site. Thanks for the shout at my blog. Must say that you do a good job with music coverage, despite the fact that Vampire Weekend “blows dogs for quarters”.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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