Blog: Uprock Narratives and Unknown Pleasures

I'm back in the habit of playing plenty of long playing albums although, having written that, I'm struggling to recall a time when the habit left me. 1975 possibly. Anyhow, I have a hat trick of home deliveries to appreciate this month and the first one arrived on Friday. Vampire Weekend's long awaited follow-up to their eponymous debut is entitled Contra and early spins indicate a slight departure from the earlier stuff. There's a bit of unexpected electronic enhancement to Ezra Keonig's vocals and a few less guitars and more synthesized pleasures to enjoy. Plenty of the learned [...]