History Repeating

Vampire Weekend regressam já já já em 2009!!!
Keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij for Diamondback:

The band hasn't started recording its sophomore effort yet, but it has begun the writing process. Batmanglij didn't want to reveal too much about the next record, preferring to "surprise" fans instead. He anticipates releasing the album in the late summer or early fall of next year.

"I think we want to have a clear break in terms of a new sound, but also an evolution," he said. "I think, ultimately, the goal is that you know it's our band, but … after we put out like five or 10 albums, you can say, 'Oh, that was the sound of their second album' just by hearing one song. I think that's the goal.

"I think we'll have some new instruments - maybe some marimba," he added. "We could record it in our apartment. That worked for the last one."

Batmanglij said that while African music will continue to influence the band's sound, there will be a new feel to next LP and, perhaps, a new conceptual focus.

"I think with our last record, there's definitely a set of sounds that came together and tied the whole thing together," he said. "And I think with the next record, there should be a new set of sounds. I think with our first album there was kind of a concept behind it. It was somehow tied to education. I don't think that will continue."



Hercules & the love Affair regressam já já já em 2009!!!
Andy Butler for Quietus:

Hercules & Love Affair lynchpin Andy Butler has revealed new material he's been writing for the disco outfit's second album has been influenced by Brian Eno.

Butler told The Quietus today that he'd been assimilating the ambient maestro's "soft, trance-like" qualities into songs being penned for the follow-up to this year's acclaimed self-titled debut, released on DFA in March.

"I’ve been working on more minimalist compositions," Butler said. "I’d say I’ve written maybe two or three songs which are informed by that tradition.

"There’s something trance-like and soft about the music. It’s almost akin to an artist like Brian Eno, a kind of ambient pop thing."

Butler also claimed the record would be "more melodic" than the first, but that it would still be a mix of arty and pop styles.

"In terms of genre I'm pitting disco and house music against effective pop structures," he said. "It’s easier on the ear than the first record, I think it'll be be a bit less dissonant, more lyrical and pretty.
"Some of the music is a little bit arty and some of it is more direct, more traditional disco, chorusy music. But in general it’s been quite melodic."

Butler said of the capital date: "It’s gonna be fun, I’ve heard really good things about Matter and the sound system’s supposed to be unbelievable so it should be cool."