Despite the fact that I'm still shocked by the fact that I saw these guys (place 3rd!) at my Engineering Student Council's Battle of the Bands (you can stop laughing, now), it's no surprise to me that VW has blown up all over the place. They're the latest and greatest thing to hit...well, pretty much anything/where. They opened for The Shins, they graced the cover of Spin, and they recently played SNL - with their recent success (and happy-time lyrics), it's kind of easy to forget that they're just a bunch of dorky 20-somethings looking to wear wool sweaters and, most likely, "rock."
While the most impressive feat, for many critics/reviewers, about the band is its ingenuity in incorporating African rhythms to what I've dubbed "Williamsburg alt rock," I think the really impressive feat they accomplish is making the music sound happy. Between Koenig's clean and simple guitar chords/riffs and his sunny falsetto that's sprinkled along the album (listen to "A Punk"), the endorphins evoked alone could get you hooked onto the band that is already being dubbed as the breakthrough of 2008.
It stands to be noted that I waged an internal war with myself over whether or not to link "Oxford Comma," because, while I think it does a good job of showcasing the band's abilities, its subject matter more or less goes against everything I believe in, grammatically. But, while I sit here with my MLA handbook, you enjoy some VW...
"Oxford Comma" (Vampire Weekend)
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