Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend 4/26/19 Their songs represent an emotional

Their songs represent an emotional bravery and realness that weaves intimate relationships with the listener

a big sister instead of a big star

Here blissed out celestial tones stretch this gorgeous track into an eight-minute dance floor banger that has a trip-hop subtleness bridged with a Caribou feel (Clash)

Some are greedy manipulative ghouls who hang off your veins

I began experimenting with taking the female hormone

Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend 4/26/19 Their songs represent an emotional*Anybody who thought the seemingly bottomless well of musical breakouts from New York would have dried up by winter 2008 got a shock from the rapturous reception given this impressive debut. Foregoing hipster Brooklyn for the more collegiate Upper West Side campus of Columbia, the quartet's music follows suit. This is hardly the loft party lysergia of their counterparts across the East River; rather, it's a catchy cocktail of ethno rhythms, psych lite