Vampire Thanksgiving Weekend

For last year or so I've been awaiting Vampire Weekend's next album, not because I'm in love with the band, but mostly because I've been extremely curious about what they're gonna do next. Would they stick with the same sound or try something new? Where do they go from there? Well I've recently received a hint of what's to come, thanks to a tip from Spin Magazine. Vampire Weekend will be following up their eponymous debut with Contra, which drops January 12th.

So far I've listened to the first two singles from the album, "Cousins" and "Horchata". Both songs maintain the light feel of previous Vampire Weekend songs as well as some familiar instrumentation. "Horchata" includes electronic sounds and percussion that sound occasionally as though they were borrowed from an N64 game (Ocarina of Time?). "Cousins" sounds more like Vampire Weekend's debut material except a little sillier. The song is energetic and incredibly catchy and is accompanied by an equally fun and infectious video. Check it out.