Check out Vampire Weekend’s bold new singles ‘Capricorn’ and ‘Gen-X Cops’
nme.comVampire Weekend have dropped two new tracks from their upcoming album – ‘Capricorn’ and ‘Gen-X Cops’. Check them out below.Arriving today (February 16), the two new singles come following Ezra Koenig and co.
announcing details of their first album in five years, ‘Only God Was Above Us’, which follows on from 2019’s ‘Father Of The Bride’.The fifth LP from the New York band is set to contain 10 tracks and will arrive on April 5 via Columbia.
You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Now, Vampire Weekend have given fans their first taste of what to expect from the new material, dropping two singles simultaneously: the swaying, subdued ‘Capricorn’ and its punk-influenced counterpart, ‘Gen-X Cops’.With ‘Capricorn’, the track begins on a deceptively subdued note and captures a mellow yet uplifting message, with honeyed melodies throughout.
It also comes with a new music video, directed by the band’s longtime creative director Nick Harwood and capturing the essence of life in New York City during the late ‘80s.“Capricorn/ The year that you were born/ Finished fast and the next one wasn’t yours/ Too old for dyin’ young/ Too young to live alone/ Sifting through centuries for moments of your own,” Koenig sings in the reflective chorus.
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