How Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City Helped Me Navigate My Faith.

Compared with their older albums, Vampire Weekend (2008) and Contra (2010), we can really see how much Vampire Weekend has developed, both musically and as a band. Vampire Weekend symbolizes youth, the sounds of Columbia dorm room — preppy and catchy with obvious African influence. The lyrics are fun and pretentious, kinda like college. With more sentimental songs like I Think Ur A Contra, Contra symbolizes adolesence, the confusion of growing up — how hard it is for young adults to get their shit together. Here, they toned down their African influence and explored deeper, more melancholic tunes. Modern Vampires, on the other hand, is musically diverse. We still have bright fun sounds like Finger Back and Worship You, reminiscence of their older works, yet here we’re presented with something as grim as Hudson — something we’ve never seen before. <a href="https://namivague.medium.com/how-vampire-weekends-modern-vampires-of-the-city-helped-me-navigate-my-faith-9f51a825ae91">Learn More</a>