Monday, October 5, 2009

Vampire Weekend announce new single + dates [California bonus!]


the new single is a bit too mellow and has a tad too much xylophone for my taste, but it's not awful. the redeeming quality of today's update email from VW? they're playing the Catalyst in Santa Cruz-- a super intimate venue (read on below, the band seems to be favouring California...yay!), andandand it's 16+ so I can take my baby brother! he really likes the band so it works out perfectly

Vampire Weekend - Horchata [mp3]
what do you think of the song? I like "White Sky" better...it's a lot more...Vampire Weekend.

"Vampire Weekend are also pleased to announce several shows, including a very special set of intimate tour dates in California. Fans are asked to pay close attention to the band's website, as there will be daily announcements about impromptu events taking place during the California tour.

10/6 - Montreal, QC Le National
10/8 - Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
10/15 - London, UK King's College (Mailing List Exclusive Pre-Sale)
10/22 - Paris, FR Nouveau Casino
11/02 - Long Beach, CA The Art Theater
11/05 - Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet's
11/07 - Lafayette, CA Town Hall Theatre
11/08 - Santa Cruz, CA Catalyst
11/09 - Visalia, CA The Cellar Door
11/10 - San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew
11/12 - Bakersfield, CA Chencho's
11/14 - Lomita, CA VFW Hall
11/17 - Tokyo, JAP Tokyo Unit (Mailing List Exclusive Pre-Sale)
11/21 - Sydney, AUS Oxford Art Factory (Mailing List Exclusive Pre-Sale)

The California tour dates go on sale Friday October 9."

6 comments:

_Jackie_ said...

I'm SO glad that they're playing here! And I can't wait to find out what those "impromptu events" are going to be =-D

Katie K. said...

Horchata sounds awesome. I haven't heard the rest of the album, just the debut, but this sounds like a really really good progression. Thanks for the download!

Rol said...

I like them both. They have a very distinctive sound and I'm glad they haven't veered too far away from that with their new material.

Anonymous said...

never being a huge VW fan, I actually liked the new track a lot more than I thought I would! Sounds like Belle & Sebastian decided on a tropical vacation, and how can that really be a bad thing?

Anonymous said...

The song is pretty good. More laid back than I expected but it would be pretty hard to follow up such a good debut album.

I"m a bit annoyed that their tour of Australia is only one show in a different state to the one I'm in...

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