I’m the type of person who has spent hours poring over the avant-garde poetic lyrics of certain songwriters, and there was something that felt so good from the first verse, you knew who was singing, who they were singing to, what kind of situation they were in. The music was really clear and her voice was really clear. “The thing I loved about it was it wasn’t too loud - I’m definitely becoming a cranky old man - so I could really hear every word. “I went with Ariel to see Kacey Musgraves at the Greek Theater in LA ,” he says. Part of that new approach was inspired by country star Kacey Musgraves, apparently. “Songwriting as a concept is the single most important thing on this record,” according to Koenig.”To me that’s the untapped frontier for Vampire Weekend nobody wants to hear the Vampire Weekend trap album.” And instead of a new sound, the main focus on Mitsubishi Macchiato (working title) will be exploring a new approach to storytelling. “We have some stuff that we started a pretty long time ago.” But mostly, the band worked on the new LP with Haim producer Ariel Rechtshaid, who also contributed to 2013’s Modern Vampires Of The City. “We’re working on some songs in the exact same way we’ve always worked,” Koenig explains. Rostam and Ezra Koenig have both repeatedly reassured everyone that Rostam would still be involved, and in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about the new album, the latter says that the former will be featured on a few tracks.
When Rostam announced that he was leaving Vampire Weekend to focus on his solo career, fans couldn’t help but wonder what that might mean for VW LP4.
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