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January 18, 2008
Video: Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (MTV Spanking New Session)
Bright and cheerful are the some of the easier ways to describe Vampire Weekend, playful too. Like on this naughty and nice tale of a presumably well off young woman; whose personal eras get defined by name-checking upmarket brands before, what appears to be, the hormonal up tick of puberty hitting full on. Or, at the very least, some general horniness. It appears someone within the narrative of the New England iconography spiked the punch with Paul Simon's Graceland. Reggaeton!
Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
The Afro-rhythms of the hand drums are much more pronounced on the studio version, but kudos to Chris Tomson for being able to recreate an honorable representation on a single drum for the above video.
Vampire Weekend's self titled album comes out at the end of the month on XL Recordings.
//Vampire Weekend - s/t - Preorder
Posted by Merry Swankster at January 18, 2008 11:51 AM
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Without spilling the beans too early on my 2008 EOY list, it really can't be overstated how successfully "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" captures the horny, "But I LOVE him, Daddy!" aesthetic of the affluent summer people that double the Cape's population every Fourth of July.
Posted by: Randall Monty at January 18, 2008 03:31 PM
