Vampire Weekend "Only God Was Above Us" SYEOR 2024 The 5-year gap between albums

The 5-year gap between albums has only served to distill the gorgeous and ethereal Future Pop for which the band is known

The album features the band's 17 song live set as well as three brand new songs

guitarist Jimmy Bower and drummer Joe Fazzio

which was Boone's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and a Top 25 hit at both Top 40 and Hot AC radio and "In The Stars

Vampire Weekend "Only God Was Above Us" SYEOR 2024 The 5-year gap between albumsThe album was "inspired and haunted by 20th Century New York City" and recorded in such far flung locales as Tokyo, London, Los Angeles, and Manhattan. The album was co produced by VW's Ezra Koenig and regular collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid, mixed by Dave Fridmann, and mastered by Emily Lazar. The album title comes from the photo on the album cover by Steven Siegel, and other photos from his "Subway Dream" series documenting a Jersey City junkyard in