{"product_id":"vampire-weekend-vampire-weekend","title":"Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eXL Recordings (2008) US, EU \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVampire Weekend\u003c\/strong\u003e are the latest band to unexpectedly defy genre and geographic expectations. Since the turn of the millennium, New York groups have reworked proto-punk sounds popularised by The Velvet Underground (The Strokes, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Holy Hail), or rubbery punk-funk (The Rapture, !!!, Radio 4, LCD Soundsystem). But on this remarkable debut the latest NYC hopefuls clearly draw from a far deeper well of influences. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most overt feature of the VW sound is the refreshing adoption of Afrobeat percussion. This alone differentiates the quartet from their peers, but when added to a multitude of nautical references and other, often ambiguous, lyrics about delightfully esoteric subjects, the results are constantly rewarding. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_XC2mqcMMGQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" name=\"bdacd232-00d8-4ba1-a5f6-7faf667eca91\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vampire Weekend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42765960806587,"sku":"","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0517\/0341\/4971\/products\/VAMPIREWEEKEND-VAMPIREWEEKEND.jpg?v=1649242034","url":"https:\/\/bizarromarket.mom\/products\/vampire-weekend-vampire-weekend","provider":"Bizarro Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}