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Article: Make yours a Vampire Weekend
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2007
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Another week, another band from Brooklyn. However, what Vampire
Weekend lack in geographical uniqueness, they make up in clever,
irreverent lyrics and poppy, jaunty melodies. The four boys sing
about what they know: Oxford Commas (an optional comma before the
word "and" at the end of a list, if you were wondering), a certain
New York bus route and mansard roofs. There's something of Paul
Simon's Graceland in their sound - afro-funk guitars and an 18th-
century harpsichord pop up in their songs. Their eponymous debut
album is out in February - it may be a little rough around the
edges, but it certainly doesn't lack imagination.
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