Perhaps the most pressing question on a lot of fans’ minds is what the band will do without Rostam Batmanglij, the producer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who helped make many of Vampire Weekend’s biggest hits. So let’s take a look at what we do know right now, and maybe stave off that existential shudder for a little while longer. Unluckily, there is still no set release date, no confirmed album title and really no official details of any kind. Luckily, Vampire Weekend have been teasing a new album for some time now. Now, that may be due to the near-constant sense of impending doom that’s gripped the country since about two years ago, or maybe just because feeling gloomy all the time is an inherent part of growing older, but we prefer to think that maybe part of the reason things seem so bleak is because of a lack of easily digestible, Ivy League indie-yacht-pop, and not because of any incredibly complex sociopolitical issues. In the years since Vampire Weekend’s last album, 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City, the world has seemingly gotten … darker. “Everything We Know about … ” is Paste ’s series of deep dives into the forthcoming projects we’re most excited about.
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