Vampire Weekend Contra (180 Gram Vinyl) 128

Vampire Weekend Contra (180 Gram Vinyl) 128The scholarly Upper West Side Soweto of Vampire Weekend's debut sounded self assured, but on Contra, they step out of their ivory tower with just as much confidence. In all senses of the term, this is a sophomore album. The band still flaunts the collegiate sense of discovery that made Vampire Weekend charming and sometimes too precious but with more maturity and creativity. Another Discovery is just as much of a force on Contra as any of the band's

Heaven Is 13

Miller realizes "You could have the world in the palm of your hands/You still might drop it" on closer "So It Goes

the debut was undoubtedly less slick and accomplished than subsequent work

Savior Complex

even more than GISH or SIAMESE DREAM

the rapper handles most of the production himself

Honeymoon seems comfortingly melancholic and that's the truest sign that it is the fullest execution of Lana Del Rey's grand plan yet

Mike Nocito

brilliant samples--like a bit of OMD's esoteric album DAZZLE SHIPS--and innovative sounds from Cudi and special guests Emile

So We Won't Forget

Where Lana Del Rey favors a studiously detached irony

Released: 11/06/2015