Vampire Weekend “Cousins”
After sugar-coating our ears with the endlessly fascinating Afro-trop-pop lullaby “Horchata”, ever-polarizing indie rock prep boys Vampire Weekend move on to the official first single of their well-anticipated Contra set with “Cousins”, a rambunctious ball of ska and surf rock-tinged energy stuffed in an utterly perfect running time length of two-and-a-half-minutes.
“You were born with ten fingers and you’re gonna use them all”, sings Ezra, and he wasn’t kidding judging by the varied bag o’ rapidly spun musical tricks that are on display on this contagious “A-Punk” sibling, including speedy dual guitar festivities that burst to life out of nowhere, drummer Chris Tomson’s tireless back-and-forth contribution of swift drum rolls and double-time poundings, and a stomping finale anchored in jinglin’ bell-assisted jubilance that whould get the biggest Scrooge you know overcome with holiday spirit.
Oh, how this album can’t come fast enough…
BONUS DL: “White Sky (‘Live with Jimmy Fallon’ Performance)” (alt)
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