Vampire Weekend – Contra (LP Vinyl) artist-the-national Pearl Jam still sound like

Pearl Jam still sound like they have something to prove

Originally recorded in 1972 at Muscle Shoals in Alabama

And when it worked

with Jerry Garcia's guitar work carrying a focused intensity that defined the early-'80s sound

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Vampire Weekend – Contra (LP Vinyl) artist-the-national Pearl Jam still sound likeVampire Weekend arrived with their self titled debut already fully formed, but *Contra* found the band pushing further into the unexpected, weaving AutoTune, steel drums, and M. I. A. style sonics alongside the Afropop and chamber pop foundations that made them one of the most talked about acts of the late 2000s. Ezra Koenig's lyrical wit remained sharp, but the arrangements grew bolder and stranger in the best possible way. Like the first album,