Contra (180GV)

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[B]rainy, confident and generally awesome....The drums are bigger, the guitars are faster, and the songs are outfitted with synth beats and hip-hop, reggae and electro accents."

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Vinyl LP Details

Released: January 7, 2010
Originally Released: 2010
Label: XL Recordings

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.56

4 stars out of 5 -- "[B]rainy, confident and generally awesome....The drums are bigger, the guitars are faster, and the songs are outfitted with synth beats and hip-hop, reggae and electro accents."

Spin - p.61

"CONTRA is more fully formed, a '70s-style record-type record. It's their version of the Talking Heads' MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD..."

Uncut

4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith its melodic beauty, orchestral invention, rhythmic subtlety and metaphysical wit -- it's still unmistakably Vampire Weekend."

Uncut - p.36

Ranked #13 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums of 2010" -- "[C]lever and catchy songs loaded with Clash allusions."

CMJ

"[I]t retains all of the band's sunny key elements: clean electric guitars, buoyant keyboards and poppy African rhythms..."
Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "CONTRA opener 'Horchata' displays a caliber of pop songcraft and melodic intuition that gives The Shins' James Mercer a run for his harmony..."

Tracks:

1.Horchata
2.White Sky
3.Holiday
4.California English
5.Taxi Cab
6.Run
7.Cousins
8.Giving Up the Gun
9.Diplomat's Sun
10.I Think Ur a Contra