Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig has taken to Instagram to announce details about the band’s highly anticipated fourth album.
Koening has revealed that the albums name has changed from the working title Mitsubishi Macchiato to “FOTB”. Explaining “It’s called “FOTB” (well those are the initials – that’s a VW tradition) and it’s 18 songs. Picked the name a few years ago. At some point early on, the album drifted from the Mitsubishi Macchiato aesthetic.”
The announcement detailed that the album will contain 18 songs and run for 59 minutes. Koenig has shared “Is it a double album? The vinyl will be double so…yes? It’s about 59 minutes long.”
Vampire Weekend plan to release 2-songs every month until the record is released. Read the full announcement below.
FOTB will be Vampire Weekend’s first record without founding member Rostam Batmanglij.
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