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Vampire Weekend: Contra Album Review | Pitchfork
“Vampire Weekend’s second album starts with “Horchata,” ostensibly a punching bag for people who didn’t like their first one. Singer Ezra Koenig rhymes “horchata” with “balaclava,” while keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij arranges the song around the polite plinks of marimbas. It’s a sweatless calypso, buttoned-up and breezy. So, of course, haters will still find plenty to hate about Contra, and they’ll hate it with vigor.”Read full review →





