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Vampire Weekend

'Oxford Comma'

Released on 26 May 2008 on XL Digital

‘Who gives a fuck about an Oxford Comma?’ sings Vampire Weekend’s front-man Ezra Koenig in what has to be the most unlikely chorus for a pop song ever. This, the band’s third UK single, promises to propel the NYC band ever closer to broad, mainstream recognition. Although not as immediately infectious as last single from their eponymous long player, ‘A-Punk’; ‘Oxford Comma’s stripped down, minimalist beauty foregrounds Koenig’s sweet lyrics of high-society hypocrisy and disdain, without the faintest whiff of self-indulgence. This cracking little grower of a single deserves to be bought in droves.

Posted on 26 May 2008 by Dave Allen

Tags: vampire weekend  oxford comma 

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