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    Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
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    Modern Vampires of the City
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    (2013)
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    For a band who’ve enjoyed sizeable success thus far with afro-beat-influenced indie-pop, Vampire Weekend are showing an impressive lack of respect for their back catalogue on album number three. Maybe it’s the influence of producer Ariel Rechtshaid, or perhaps simply the consequence of the boys having itchy feet creatively, but Modern Vampires of The City is a very different prospect sonically to Contra. Take lead single ‘Diane Young’: combining skittish synths, hyperactive percussion and pitch-shifted vocals, the final effect is akin to Buddy Holly doing ‘Footloose’. And whether they’re pairing galloping rhythms with tongue-twisters on ‘Worship You’, or a subdued, piano-groove with chipmunk-style BVs on ‘Ya Hey’, there are enough twists and turns here to keep us constantly enthralled.

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    Savages - Silence Yourself
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    Silence Yourself
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    (2013)
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    Formed little more than 18 months ago by Jehnny Beth and Gemma Thompson, this London-based quartet are already acclaimed as one of the most exhilarating live acts about. The question is, will Savages’ minimalistic post-punk be as arresting if they’re not on hand to give you an eyeballing? It’s credit to Daughter-producer Rodaidh McDonald and Beth’s former-bandmate Johnny Hostile that the answer is a resounding yes: the pair of them have captured the rumbling bass lines, punishing percussion, chugging guitars and Beth’s Siouxsie Sioux-meets-Ian Curtis vocals in all their ferocity, resulting in a debut album that’s economic, confident and intense. Or, as Thompson put it in a recent interview, “It’s music to break sh*t and f*ck on the floor to.” Quite.

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