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![Vampire WeekendContraXL Recordings (2010)
Genre: IndieRating: B
A happy cluster-fuck of flowing instrumentation that invokes big, dumb smiles whilst closing one’s eyes and jostling their head about. That’s the easiest way to describe the vibe of Vampire Weekend’s sophomore release, Contra. The NYC-based group wrote a carefree sounding jaunt of an album featuring lyrical vignettes that allow the listener just a glimpse into a bigger narrative. That’s Contra’s luxury: read the liner notes as well versed anecdotes on the surface and/or delve deeper into the music for the more sentimental moments from someone’s past.
Album opener “Horchata” is exemplary in that sense. Through the song’s poignant lyrics, we’re shown a couple whose love for one another has slowly died just like the “palms and firs that grew in [their] garden.” December has come and brought the cold, yet these two are holding onto the warmth of summer-love, attempting to ignore the “pincher crabs that pinch at [their] sandals.” The only symbol of what they once had is “the roots [which] are shooting up through the tool shed” and it’s nothing more than a physical representation of the “cracks in the pavement” that they’ve become. Years have been spent holding onto the past when these two characters should have moved forward instead of rekindling a time that can never be set ablaze again.
Contra is ten tracks of these tales, backed by relentlessly upbeat guitar plucking and Weekend’s trademark afro-inspired percussion. Some can move you to giddily shake it via autotuned, Paul Simon-esque vocals (“California English” and “Giving Up the Gun”) which most likely won’t induce vomiting at your next sweaty dance party. Other songs may lull you to a content nap that feels like sharing a hammock on a desolate Caribbean beach (“Diplomat’s Son” and “I Think UR A Contra”) with someone you shouldn’t be. Vampire Weekend’s second record is a step up from their 2008 self-titled debut; neither a leap nor crawl in the wrong direction, and just enough on-track to keep the die-hards sated while still welcoming a stray ear.
-Sean McCoy
Listen:“Horchata”
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