Vampire Weekend "Only God Was Above Us" SYEOR 2024 That record was a tried-and-true

That record was a tried-and-true folk collection

guitarist Jimmy Bower and drummer Joe Fazzio

The 5-year gap between albums has only served to distill the gorgeous and ethereal Future Pop for which the band is known

which features ten new songs

"Growing Up"

Vampire Weekend "Only God Was Above Us" SYEOR 2024 That record was a tried-and-trueThe album was "inspired and haunted by 20th Century New York City" and recorded in such far flung locales as Tokyo, London, Los Angeles, and Manhattan. The album was co produced by VW's Ezra Koenig and regular collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid, mixed by Dave Fridmann, and mastered by Emily Lazar. The album title comes from the photo on the album cover by Steven Siegel, and other photos from his "Subway Dream" series documenting a Jersey City junkyard in