- indie rock, indie pop, art pop, baroque pop
- 43 min
- 12 tracks
- XL Recordings
Modern Vampires of the City is the third studio album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released on May 14, 2013, by XL Recordings. The group began to write songs for the album during soundchecks on the supporting concert tour for their previous album, 2010's Contra.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 84/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8.2/10
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A+
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork9.3/10
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- The Times4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Obvious Bicycle4:13
- 2Unbelievers3:25
- 3Step4:14
- 4Diane Young2:42
- 5Don’t Lie3:35
- 6Hannah Hunt4:00
- 7Everlasting Arms3:05
- 8Finger Back3:28
- 9Worship You3:23
- 10Ya Hey5:15
- 11Hudson4:17
- 12Young Lion1:45
12 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Vampire Weekend
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Released
- 2013
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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