6/10 - Discovery

There's not a lot of indie-blogger love for Vampire Weekend nowadays, it seems. The hype, stratospheric popularity, increased douchebag-fan contingent, and all the... people-like-it-so-I-hate-it-even-though-I-loved-it-yesterday attitude has taken a toll on everything, it seems, but album sales. One might guess that the guys in Vampire Weekend might not be as concerned at this point about their dayjobs, or at least not so concerned that it would keep some of them from participating in this nifty little collaborative effort with one of the guys from Ra Ra Riot.

The same blogs that promoted then mocked Vampire Weekend are going apeshit over Discovery. When the songs "Osaka Loop Line" and "Orange Shirt" showed up online, there was a trail of drool connecting many a lip to the nearest QWERTY. I wouldn't go so far as to say that my spit glands were that out of control, but they are a pretty tasty little treat, those songs. "Orange Shirt" has almost a blue-eyed soul quality to it, with some slow, deep, echoing booty beats thumping underneath to add a little lowrider-sexuality. "Osaka Loop Line" take a little more of a shimmery, zippy looped approach to back a vocal that wouldn't sound out of place on a Vampire Weekend album, until it slows down and breaks down into a jerky, pulsating bridge.

These two tracks, plus two other equally fun tracks are available for listening on the band's website, and for embedding on, it seems, any blog not hosted by this site. Instead, here's a view from our trusty pal YouTube.






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