Vampire Weekend...Contra(2010)[FLAC]

01. Horchata 02. White Sky 03. Holiday 04. California English 05. Taxi Cab 06. Run 07. Cousins 08. Giving Up The Gun 09. Dipomat's Son 10. I Think Ur A Contra I bought this because i like horchata,especially on a hot summers day. VW's second, Contra, is as gem-like as its predecessor, if arguably less immediate. It finds inventive new ways to do the same thing as before – the classic task of a second album. There are fewer guitars and a far richer soundbed. The African sources are still audible, but this time, Congolese thumb pianos, redolent of Konono No 1, crop up on "Horchata". New appropriations include Puerto Rican reggaeton, Jamaican dancehall, and Californian ska-punk. Most rock bands can't avoid comparisons with the Clash when they drop ska or reggae into their sound, as VW do on "Diplomat's Son", a funny little skank that comes curlicued with violins. The sweet, sad closer, "I Think Ur a Contra", contains another Clash allusion, when singer-songwriter Ezra Koenig rhymes "rock'n'roll" with "complete control" (a Clash song). The Clash named their fourth album Sandinista, after the Nicaraguan left-wingers; you can only assume Contra is some sort of perverse reference to VW's favourite band rather than any support for the right-wing death squads covertly funded by the CIA. The Clash references, though revealing, are fleeting; Vampire Weekend certainly haven't turned into rebel rockers. Geopolitics features in passing on Contra; Koenig is too evolved a lyricist for anything else. "Holiday" notes the tension of recent times obliquely. "A vegetarian since the invasion/ She'd never seen the word 'bombs' blown up to 96 point Futura," he sings. Rather, each impeccably crafted nugget here is an experiment in rhythm that grabs inventively from both high culture and low. "California English" boasts disorienting Auto-Tuned vocals and more violins. Moreover, Koenig no longer seems to be quipping his lyrics, but crooning in falsetto on an album whose joyousness is tinged with wistfulness and regret. Contra, then, confounds and delights once again, with new heart offsetting Vampire Weekend's not inconsiderable brains. cd ripped by dBpoweramp please seed http://dickthespic.org/2010/12/25/vampire-weekend-2/

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