Album
Modern Vampires Of The City
2013 · Rock, Pop
67 collectors on Gatefold own this
Modern Vampires Of The City is an Alt/Indie album by Vampire Weekend, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 30 pressings tracked, owned by 67 collectors.
About
If Vampire Weekend’s 2010 album <i>Contra</i> was the sound of four bright overachievers fussing over the zany contradictions of their young millennial live, <i>Modern Vampires of the City</i> finds the band members retreating to their studies and pondering the gravity of what they’ve seen. Released in 2013, <i>Modern Vampires of the City</i> features hooks as clear and all-American as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty (“Unbeliever,” “Diane Young”). And the production—handled by Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid—is as weird and sumptuous and hyper-real as experimental electronic music or great hip-hop; the album is a forest of sound, full of clicks and warps you can easily get lost in (if getting lost is your thing). And like the great Paul Simon albums to which Vampire Weekend’s work is often lazily compared, <i>Modern Vampires of the City</i> manages to sound melancholy and world-weary, while still imparting a sense of inspiration that runs through the gray like a bright-orange current (“Ya Hey”). .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Obvious Bicycle4:12
- A2Unbelievers3:23
- A3Step4:12
- A4Diane Young2:40
- A5Don't Lie3:33
- A6Hannah Hunt3:58
Side B
- B1Everlasting Arms3:03
- B2Finger Back3:26
- B3Worship You3:21
- B4Ya Hey5:13
- B5Hudson4:15
- B6Young Lion1:45
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- clean
- playful
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Angel DeradoorianARRANGED BY WRITTEN-BY BACKING VOCALS
- Chris BaioBAND , BASS BASS
- Christopher TomsonBAND , DRUMS DRUMS
- Ezra KoenigBAND , LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS WRITTEN-BY , LEAD VOCALS, LYRICS BY, DESIGN , ART DIRECTION
- Rostam BatmanglijARRANGED BY BAND , PIANO, GUITAR, BANJO, HARMONY VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, DRUM PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMMED BY , KEYBOARDS, SHAKER PIANO, GUITAR, BANJO, HARMONY VOCALS , BACKING VOCALS, DRUM PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMMED BY , KEYBOARDS, SHAKER
- Adam SchatzSAXOPHONE
- Ariel RechtshaidBASS DRUM PROGRAMMING , PROGRAMMED BY PROGRAMMED BY
- Brendan RyanACCORDION
- Danny T. LevinTRUMPET
- Elizabeth LeaTROMBONE
- Fanny FranklinBACKING VOCALS
- Jeff CurtinDRUMS
- Johnny CuomoFLUTE
- Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus
- Seth ShaferTUBA
67 collectors on Gatefold own this · 30 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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