Vampire Weekend

First watch this:



Now this:



Don't you feel better now? Such happy music. This band, Vampire Weekend, just released their debut album... and I can't stop listening to it.

If anything describes the phrase "breath of fresh air," it's them. They don't really sound like anything I've heard before. They have these catchy hooks all over the place, really whimsical lyrics, and they just sound tight together. They describe their sound as "western classical music meets African pop." Man, does that sound good!