Mason Maggio “Diplomat’s Son (Vampire Weekend Cover)”
While scouring the World Wide Web in search of some killer new remix to our favorite Contra joint, the M.I.A-sampling (and hopefully future single) “Diplomat’s Son”, we were at first left a little disgruntled to learn that there were none as of yet (where you at bedroom DJ’s???). But we were just as quickly brought back to a happy place when, in the midst of our Google “investigating”, we stumbled across this mesmerizing, YouTube-housed performance clip of Tigers on Trains/ The Republic of Wolves member Mason Maggio offering an acoustic take on the tune.
Despite it’s lacking of all the vibrant VW musicality that made us fall head over heels for the original, Maggio’s bare-boned man-and-guitar reading had us clicking “play” over and over again, it’s Paul Simon-esque singer-songwriter simplicity warming our souls with every repeating.
Check it out below and see if it hits you the same way.
