Attention all Vampire Weekend fans! It’s finally happening! After six long years, Ezra Koenig, the band’s lead singer, has finally spilled the beans about a fourth album. In a long Instagram post published on January 17, Ezra shared some details about the new album. It will consist of 18 songs, and we’re getting the first two this week! To top this amazing news off, we will get two songs every month until the album’s release sometime in April.
Vampire Weekend is still keeping up the mystery by only giving us the initials of the album title, which are FOTB. This is a huge change considering the working title for the album was originally Mitsubshi Macchiato. Either way, the Internet is already going wild trying to figure out the full name. We saw guesses ranging from “Fall Out the Boy” to “Fresh Off The Boat.” Be sure to let us know what your guesses are in the comments below or by tweeting us @soundigest. Either way, Ezra promised an hour’s worth of new music. That’s two whole vinyls if you are planning on getting an analog copy of FOTB.
FOTB will be Vampire Weekend’s first album without Rostam Batmangliji. Rostam was one of Vampire Weekend’s founding members who helped start the band at Columbia. As of now, it looks like the band will be releasing the new album as a trio. Rostam publically left the band in 2016 to work on solo projects, but said he will collaborate with Koenig in the future.
In the past few years, Vampire Weekend has played minimal shows. However, they are already slated to headline a few festivals including Hangout Fest and Firefly. With FOTB on the horizon, we are hoping for some more tour dates soon. Until then, look out for the first taste of album number four this week.
