“Breaking News: Vampire Weekend Releases Two New Tracks and Tour Details!”

_{“Only God Was Above Us” finally arrives with the highly anticipated films “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops” taking the lead.}

Please join the Vampire Weekend comeback train and stay away from the closing doors. The New York rock band is back with two brand-new tracks off their eagerly awaited fifth album, Only God Was Above Us. Staying loyal to the album’s theme, the music videos for these singles, “Gen-X Cops” and “Capricorn,” honor the MTA vehicles of the 1980s.

The image on the record cover was captured at a subway “graveyard” by Steven Siegel in 1988. The distorted guitars in both of the hits have the same shrieking sound as an MTA car, even though they might not be transportation anthems. Who’s to say “Gen-X Cops” isn’t a reference to the police officers you see at stations as well? At the chorus, Ezra Koenig sings.

“Every generation makes its own apology.” We still have high hopes for the remainder of the record, even though the voices might not have the raga impact we were promised.

Vampire Weekend’s first album after Father of the Bride in 2019 is Only God Was Above Us. The album, which has eleven tracks with names like “Ice Cream Piano,” “Prep-School Gangsters,” and “Mary Boone,” returns the band to their New York origins following the jam-packed style of FOTB. The record is “inspired and haunted by 20th-century New York,” according to a press release, and that’s just what we adore about the band.

Vampire Weekend will go on their first tour since the pandemic when OGWAU is released. Beginning on April 8 with a solar eclipse event in Austin, the tour will stop in three cities: Berkeley, California; Bonner, Montana; and New York, with three Saturday night/Sunday morning doubleheaders. Hopefully, this will motivate the band to play their version of “Sunday Morning” by Velvet Underground. Along with these unique show-specific openers, the tour also includes the long-running New Wave band the English Beat, the Billy Joel cover band Turnstiles (in New York, of course), and Maya Rudolph’s Prince cover band, Princess. Thus, be sure to ride the train to the performance and fully submerge yourself in the OGWAU universe.

Here are the upcoming tour dates for Vampire Weekend:

1. Mon Apr 08 – Moody Amphitheater in Austin, TX
2. Sat April 27 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, LA
3. Fri May 10 – Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City, UT
4. Thu May 30 – Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain
5. Thu Jun 06 – 713 Music Hall in Houston, TX
6. Fri Jun 07 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, TX
7. Sun Jun 09 – Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, AZ
8. Mon Jun 10 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego, CA
9. Wed Jun 12 – Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA
10. Sat Jun 15 – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
11. Sun Jun 16 – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley (Matinee Show) in Berkeley, CA
12. Tue Jun 18 – Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, BC
13. Wed Jun 19 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend, OR
14. Thu Jun 20 – Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA
15. Sat Jun 22 – KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner, MT
16. Sun Jun 23 – KettleHouse Amphitheater (Matinee Show) in Bonner, MT
17. Fri Jul 19 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO
18. Mon Jul 22 – Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO
19. Tue Jul 23 – Pinewood Bowl Theater in Lincoln, NE
20. Thu Jul 25 – Saint Louis Music Park in Maryland Heights, MO
21. Fri Jul 26-27 – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, IL
22. Tue Jul 30 – The Armory in Minneapolis, MN
23. Thu Aug 01 – BMO Pavilion in Milwaukee, WI
24. Sat Aug 3 – Hinterland in St. Charles, IA
25. Thu Sep 19 – Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
26. Fri Sep 20 – The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park in Cincinnati, OH
27. Sat Sep 21 – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park in Indianapolis, IN
28. Mon Sep 23 – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre in Rochester Hills