Vampire Weekend rockin’ down a deserted alley (vid)

text: Colin McLaughlin

Did you wake up this morning pining for new Vampire Weekend? Probably not, but I suspect some of you wouldn’t mind some now that I’ve brought it up. Well here it is, a new video for the song “Cousins” off the forthcoming Contra record. If you count Youtube clips of live song performances, I believe this is song 5 off the album that we’ve heard, so enjoy and be just like me and continue to ruin the full album first listen experience. It’s the world we live in I guess.

Vampire Weekend to your liking? You'll sweat:

3 comments thus far ...

  1. 1josh Wed Dec 30, 2009 | 04:52 pm

    i wish i’d checked out this post earlier. i’ve heard this song on the radio a few times and hated every single instance, each time more than the last. now i know who to blame. i like vampire weekend, but man does this song suck. it sounds like the jumpy alterna-pop that was on the radio in the late 90s. and the lyrics are dumb.

  1. 2Ian Thu Dec 31, 2009 | 08:47 am

    now that I have a baby at home, Vampire Weekend is surprisingly more listenable when dancing with my daughter. Well, as long as I earmuff that whole “do you wanna f*ck” bit…

  1. 3beth Thu Dec 31, 2009 | 05:08 pm

    oh noes, josh! I love this. what’s jumpy alterna-pop - like harvey danger?

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