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Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend formed in New York in 2006, when Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson were students at Columbia University. Batmanglij left in 2016, and the band’s studio albums run from Vampire Weekend (2008) to Only God Was Above Us (2024). Contra, Modern Vampires of the City and Father of the Bride all opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and the last two won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.

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Vampire Weekend on stage: a singer in a white shirt holding a gold hollow-body guitar at the centre, a drummer behind him, and a keyboard player in yellow and a bass player at the right
Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride

Vampire Weekend's fourth album came after Rostam Batmanglij left, was fronted by Ezra Koenig alone and ran to 18 songs. It takes time to make sense, and mostly does.

Elmo Phelge · 12 Nov 2026