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Article: Noteworthy: New releases by Sheryl Crow and Vampire Weekend.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Detours)(Sound recording review)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL): Vampire Weekend is something of an anomaly - that rare act that hit it big, suffered the inevitable backlash, and then battled back to the top of the buzz bin again, all on the strength of a three-song EP and a handful of live MP3s. (Only in 2008, kids.) The good news is that this band has the chops to back it up. "Vampire Weekend" shuttles gleefully between a world-music sound reminiscent of Paul Simon, circa "Graceland," and the linear chorus-verse-chorus punch of mainstream pop. On "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," which takes its name, in part, from a traditional African dance, the blend is beguiling: hooks piled atop hooks piled over ...