Sunday, December 14, 2008

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Peppy, likeable pop music with many details to savour, from the bop and attitude of early highlight "Oxford Comma" to the electric piano (?) / violin hook in "M79" to the one-two of "I Stand Corrected" and "Walcott", the latter painting in sparkling light what the earlier had set out in muffled tones so that each enhances the other. Heard bits and pieces before; repeat listening to the record as a whole shows the 'afro' elements still prominent, but less so than on initial impression...it's really just neat 21st C indie-pop music, with all that that entails.