Vampire Weekend – Contra
Release Date: January 11, 2010
My Rating: 9.5/10
Pitchfork: 8.6/10
One of the first albums to be released in the year, Contra began the music year of 2010 with a bang. Ezra Koenig begins the album with Horchata and the lyrics of “In December, drinking Horchata / I'd look psychotic in a balaclava / winter's cold is too much too handle / pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals” and the listener is instantly brought to a sunny beach in the Caribbean enjoying a glass of Horchata. The entire album entertains Caribbean-style beats and joyful lyrics, an extraordinary listen when you consider the fact that the musicians producing this music are clean cut, white college graduates from Columbia University, not natives of a Caribbean island. Hidden in the enjoyable guitars and beats are lyrics about anything from the horrors that a soldier at war has seen (Holiday), fleeing from society's obsession of work (Run), and the deceitful facades that the wealthy put on (Taxi Cab). Contra is the perfect album for anyone who wants to escape from the dreariness of winter to a warm beach through this cheerful composition of brass instruments, percussion, some eccentric falsetto (White Sky), and even Koneig's quirky usage of auto-tune (California English).
Key Tracks: Horchata, Holiday, Giving Up the Gun, Run
Giving Up the Gun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bccKotFwzoY&feature=channel
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