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Article: CD REVIEW: Vampire Weekend's debut is innovative, essential
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- University Wire
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- February 21, 2008
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Mychal Stanley
University Wire
02-21-2008
(The Observer) (UWIRE) SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- It's decidedly rare for a band to release a debut album with a fully-realized sound, and newcomers Vampire Weekend have done exactly that. Instead of sounding like a new band struggling through growing pains, Vampire Weekend feels it knows exactly what its doing.
The band has mixed together such disparate genres as punk, ska, chamber pop and African rhythm into an accessible, fun, and unpretentious package. The band is having fun mixing and matching these styles. What has resulted is the most listenable indie rock record in a long time.
Each song on the album has a different feel, but they all fit into the ...
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