Vampire Weekend Announce New Album Modern Vampires of the City & Tour Dates

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After rumours of a new Vampire Weekend album titled Lemon Sounds surfaced last week, XL Recordings (Vampire Weekend‘s label) were quick to slash the rumours and release an official statement calling the “supposed” new artwork and tracklisting “fake.” While the rumours were fake, it certainly created a lot of buzz around the new album, and if XL and VW have anything to be thankfully for, it’s that the buzz has carried onto the following week.

To finally put things to rest, Vampire Weekend published a surprisingly mysterious message at the bottom of the New York Times this morning with the message, “Modern Vampires of the City, May 7, 2013.” Having now been confirmed to be true, this new announcement comes along with some very dark album artwork (above), a tracklisting (below), and some most exciting tour dates, including one with Of Monsters & Men at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 5th.

Tracklist:

1. “Obvious Bicycle”

2. “Unbelievers”

3. “Step”

4. “Diane Young”

5. “Don’t Lie”

6. “Hannah Hunt”

7. “Everlasting Arms”

8. “Finger Back”

9. “Worship You”

10. “Ya Hey”

11. “Hudson”

12. “Young Lion”

Tour Dates:

03-13-16 Austin, TX – SXSW

04-12 Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan w/ Tanlines

04-14 Indio, CA – Coachella

04-16 Davis, CA – Freeborn Hall at UC Davis w/ Tanlines

04-17 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater w/ Tanlines

04-21 Indio, CA – Coachella

05-08 London, England – The Troxy

05-10 Paris, France – Casino De Paris

05-15 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena

05-16 Toronto, Ontario – Sony Centre

05-17 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit

05-19 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theater

05-20 Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Of Monsters & Men

05-21 Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden Amphitheater

05-23 Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium