Ezra Koenig has delivered a new update on that much anticipated new Vampire Weekend album.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Beats 1, he spoke about the band’s fourth album, which is still under the working title ‘Mitsubishi Macchiato”.
“It’s getting there,” he explains. “I feel like it’s close to being done.” He goes on to reveal the band have been recording with Ariel Rechstaid, maybe BloodPop, and a whole “cast of characters”.
They also have a “strong contender” for the final album title, though he did also explain the working name for the record.
“The last album was kind of our darker one” Ezra said. “A little more somber, a lot of death and kind of sadness. And unfortunately I can’t fully shake that. There’s always going to be an element of that. But I liked the name ‘Mitsubishi Macchiato’ because it reminded me to wake up a little bit too and maybe get back to some other vibes. It’s going to be a mix. That last album felt very kind of autumnal, wintry, and I wanted to do something that at least has elements of springtime. Because life has to keep going. So you know, macchiato wakes you up, Mitsubishi makes you happy.”