A live version of ‘Cousins’, followed then by the recorded version have both been doing the rounds in the blogosphere over the past couple of weeks. Now Vampire Weekend have released the video to accompany the track.
The video is a mixture of U2′s ‘The Sweetest Things’ with Bob Dylan’s ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ and is two and a half minutes of VW goofing around.
The tracks itself is much more upbeat than the previously featured ‘Horchata’ and I feel is some of Vampire Weekend’s best work to date. It’s catchy, charming and provides great repeatable (I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve listened to the track over the past week or so!).
Edit: Unfortunately as you can see above the video has been taken down, I though it had been officially released as it was everywhere this morning.
Edit 2:Found another copy of the video thanks to Pigeons & Planes.
If you haven’t been lucky enough to hear the track yet then take a listen below.
‘Cousins’ will of course be featured on Vampire Weekends upcoming new album ‘Contra’, which is one of Indiescreet’s 10 most anticipated albums of 2010.
You can download ‘Cousins’ now, the physical release date for the single is set for mid December.
{ 4 comments }
hahaha yee me too
Yup I love the track, still far from sick of it!
My favourite part of the vid is when they’ve got bandmates pictures stuck to the back of their head, they look so lifelike each time someone turns around. Simple but effective.
and the song is really good
the drumming in the beginning is amazing
Comments on this entry are closed.