Vampire Weekend - Contra diy ‰ÛÏMary Ocher gives me the

‰ÛÏMary Ocher gives me the chills

a printed inner sleeve

It demands full immersion

it’s a group of songs inspired by the colors and tones of open tunings

‰۝ The result is a lovely

Vampire Weekend - Contra diy ‰ÛÏMary Ocher gives me thesome bands stay in a holding pattern their whole careers. others jerk the steering wheel hard and fly off the road. on their second album, vampire weekend do neither. or maybe they do both. "i think we sound more like vampire weekend than we did on the first record," says drummer christopher tomson. 'contra' pulls off a series of impressive feats: it's bustling with fresh ideas, and yet it sounds immediately familiar; it's heavily layered but taut and