Vampire Weekend Contra(2010)[FLAC] torrent

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/