K's Special #1: Vampire Weekend

Here I am, after a VERY long absence from this blog. I am really quite sorry for not posting in so long. My life just got so busy between work and trying to get caught up with everybody before I let for school, and getting ready to leave for school...I just simply did not have time. That being said, I've missed at least three weeks, or even more, so I owe this blog and all you viewers quite a few "special" posts. This is the first, and there will be more to come, plus my usual post on Thursday sometime.

For this special post today, I have an indie band from New York City to present to you.
Vampire Weekend has been around for a few years now, and can sometimes be heard floating around on the radio...that is, on a good day. A very good day indeed.


You may be wondering about the name of the band. Even if you weren't, I'll give you a little bit of background.  All the members of the band met while attending Columbia University. One of the members created a short film titled 'Vampire Weekend' and this is where their name came from. The creator of the title believed that the imagery of the vampires would draw in a crowd that would otherwise not choose to listen to this music, and I have little doubt that he was right about that (thanks to Vampire Diaries, Twilight and the like...). From there they self-produced their first album while working full-time -- an impressive feat.

There is just something about this band that gets to me, but maybe that's just my simple romanticism kicking in. I find that their feel is very East Coast, and I really appreciate that now that I'm living in New Brunswick. The song that really got me interested in Vampire Weekend was Walcott. I was sitting in a car with a good friend of mine on our way to work and this song came on from one of her CDs. We declared that it was a song we could both master on the piano (though I highly doubt that now...). Not only is it catchy, but it also talk about Cape Cod, which is about 7 hours from where I'm residing now. I've done my research. This places just a little bit of sentimental attachment on this song for me, but I really do like it for more reasons than just because it talks about the East...

Download: Walcott

Now, I am not coming into this with a lot of links for you. My school's network has a lot of file sharing sites blocked, but I've done what I can. The other link I can give to you with a clean conscience, is Horchata. I've only listened to it once, but it is off of one of the albums, and Vampire Weekend has put it up on their website for free downloading purposes (smart move Vampire Weekend!). I'll post the song, and the link, and it's all yours!

Download: Horchata

 So that's all I have for my post today, but as always, feel free to search around on the web for yourself, or just run to ListenToYouTube and download as much of their music as you would like. I hope today's post has been satisfactory, and at least starts to make up for my slacking of the last few weeks.
Take care all, and I'll be back!

Ciao,
K.