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This week, we speak with Nate Willet of Cold War Kids on his music style and talk about their new album Robbers & Cowards.

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Vampire Weekend | Contra

Far from what the title suggests at first glance, Contra is no counter-revolution for Vampire Weekend. Think more folk-skip around the world with your buds. Shrewd beyond their years, the Brooklyn kids realized there was no possible way to quell the eventual ballyhoo of this sophomore effort. So in response, they turned down the pop-hype and twisted on the self-indulgence. Knowing one thing holds true in life: if it ain’t broke …

For starters, keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij once again produces; yet Contra is arguably a mob effort. Each track sounds close to their individual stories and worldly experiences at heart with every pluck, wane, and subtle lyrical wink that would make Paul Simon proud. From sipping ‘Horchata’ in a café in Spain to channeling afro-beats in a Richard Serra influenced world under a ‘White Sky’ – these boys get around in subtle superficial style. They don’t waste time with political nonsense other than the headline blurbs and thankfully could care less. If anything, they just want you to be content. In fact, so delicate is all of Contra that even nods to “Hussel” by M.I.A. in their schoolboy melodrama ‘Diplomat’s Son’ can be lost in the albums brilliant breezy ease.

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