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stereogum.com - 11/18/2009

New Vampire Weekend - "Cousins"

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With " Horchata ," Vampire Weekend offered up an even-keeled primer to their forthcoming Contra alongside an expanded instrumental palette that featured marimba, kalimba, and an eBayed Yamaha VSS-30. For fans of Ezra's more frantically paced guitar picking there's the more familial and ...

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youtube.com - 11/20/2009

Vampire Weekend Video: Cousins

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o2academybrixton.co.uk - 11/17/2009

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stereogum.com - 11/19/2009

New Vampire Weekend Video

— stereogum.com — New Vampire Weekend Video - "Cousins" thumbnail icon: New Vampire Weekend Video - "Cousins" Following up on... our post for " Cousins " The Song, here's "Cousins" the video: The single art's shot of the boys in a long alley doused in confetti ... New Vampire Weekend Video

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Vampire Weekend: "Cousins" (Stream)
Prefix — It's arguable that Vampire Weekend has had to deal with the most violent hype backlash in the indie world since Is This It? Although the Strokes' follow-up, Room On Fire, didn't garner the same hype as their debut, it was still a remarkably solid album in its own right. It seems like the same dynamics may again be in play for Vampire Weekend. With each subsequent snippet of the upcoming Contra that leaks to the masses, it becomes apparent that the album will be just as engaging for fans of the self-titled debut as it will be divisive for those who couldn't stand it. The recorded version of "Cousins" sounds like "Oxford Comma" run at about twice the speed, with machine-gun snare shots and hastily strummed guitar runs, as ...