Walking down the street the other day, headed back to work, listening to the new Walkmen album. Its pretty similar to their first album in a lot of ways: cold, delayed guitar and keyboards that sound miles away from the rest of the band, Hamilton Leithauser's crooning vocals (you can imagine that he probably has his eyes shut the entire time he's in the booth), booming, slightly overdriven drums. Their albums do an incredible job of creating a very tangible space for the Walkmen to inhabit.
I also realized that The Walkmen are like the older, more aloof brother to Vampire Weekend. They moved to New York City too young, became jaded and overly self-aware, dated dark-haired girls they met through friends, worked 10 different jobs in 2 years time. Vampire Weekend, the younger brother, got the college fund, spent spring break in San Francisco, ultimately chose an Ivy League school, not yet married but was close several times, interning at a very prestigious investment firm, has 1 cat (a tabby), doesn't want kids. Listen to them back to back, you'll hear it.
Donde Esta La Playa - The Walkmen
Boston - Vampire Weekend
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