Vampire Weekend - “Mansard Roof” [ listen here ] [ buy here ]
I can’t help myself! This damn band is under my skin.
When we last partied with Vampire Weekend, we were hopping around to the afrobeat pop of “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”, and for this second round with the NYC champs (and Rolling Stone magazine’s “Hot New Kids”) we have the gorgeous “Mansard Roof.”
The bounce is still there (minus so-much afrobeat) and it is so crazy–like an out-of-balance spin cycle or someone fast-walking with one leg shorter than the other. But that’s not the gorgeous part. This thing has a vocal melody … Oh, man. Girls and boys will swoon. The time is just 2:07, so we only get to sing along three times. Ready, set …
XL Recordings begins teasing the Jan., 2008 debut of VW’s first album by releasing “Mansard Roof” as a single next week (Oct. 23), and the band will be following up its short run of Europe dates supporting the Shins with an autumn trip through the midwest and the west.
And … some Mansard Roofs:
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the funny thing is I was learning about mansard roofs in class last week.