"It's a deep reference," he concludes, alluding to a lyric in 'How Long?' ("What's the point of human beings? A sharpie face on tangerines") from their new double-album 'Father Of The Bride', before deciding that the element of fun is worth it. More of an elaborate Koenig-led studio project than a proper band effort, it featured a raft of guest contributors, including Danielle Haim and Steve Lacy (and Jude Law!), who tilted the sound toward country, prog, and other directions."It's kind of a deep cut," ponders Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, as he contemplates drawing a sharpie face onto a tangerine at the suggestion of a minder from the band's management. Following a period of readjustment that found Baio and Tomson putting out their own projects, Father of the Bride appeared in 2019.
After 2013's Modern Vampires of the City, which bore a more naturalistic, acoustic-flecked feel, Batmanglij left the band he became a hotshot producer for Charli XCX, Solange, Haim, and others while continuing in a collaborating role. 1, a position that would become familiar. With hits like the polyrhythmic “Horchata” and the feverishly paced “Cousins,” Vampire Weekend’s second LP, Contra, went to No. The album hit the Top 20, and the single “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” with its name-checking of Peter Gabriel, was wryly covered by Gabriel himself. But the band transcended such claims with a fresh-faced, frothy blend of pop hooks, quirky lyrics, and soukous-influenced vibes.
They released their first single, “Mansard Roof,” the next year, and though their self-titled debut album wouldn’t arrive till 2008, a massive internet buzz had already earned them legions of followers by the time it appeared-along with suggestions of cultural appropriation that made the seemingly innocuous group a lightning rod for controversy. The band began at New York’s Columbia University, where singer/guitarist Ezra Koenig, guitarist/keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij, bassist Chris Baio, and drummer Christopher Tomson were students when they united in 2006. At a time when indie pop was opening up to a wide world of influences, Vampire Weekend nudged things to the next level, bringing brainy lyrics and African flavours to the table as a sort of late-2000s alternative-scene answer to Paul Simon.
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