The things people do to hype their albums these days… Vampire Weekend had a Girl Talk-esque moment earlier today, displaying a four hour countdown period on http://www.ithinkuracontra.com/, whereupon expiration, redirected you to their main website http://www.vampireweekend.com to the download of their new single for their upcoming album, Contra.
The band’s usual catchy guitar lines are abandoned in favor of the kalimba and the marimba to give the single a more traditional Mexican/Afrian feel…and the result ends up being rather catchy. Different, sure, but Ezra Koening’s smooth voice is there to remind you that you’re still listening to VW.
Contra drops mid January. Start getting excited because this means Vampire Weekend finally has new material for their set!
- Lloyd
