Vampire Weekend makes a wider range of music on new record Contra

The first songs for the second album of the American indie band Vampire Weekend, Contra, were already finished before there self-titled debut was released in 2008. The two years after the release were mainly used to think about the direction of the second album which was released in January. "I think that Contra has a wider range of vibes and tempo's and styles", explains drummer Chris Tomson. "And our singer Ezra uses different parts of his voice. "We wanted to compose a wider range of feels, whereas the first one all came together in a similar way and was recorded in a very similar way."