The band's first album, Vampire Weekend, was released Januand is ranked number 430 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and has been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums. Koenig responded in a November 2009 interview by saying, "Nobody in our band is a WASP." Furthermore, the backlash involving their social backgrounds was largely unfounded, as Koenig explained in the interview that the band members got into Columbia on scholarship and used student loans he himself was still paying off student loans in 2009. One critic went so far as to call Vampire Weekend the "whitest band in the world," to which they took exception, given their Ukrainian, Persian, Italian, and Hungarian heritages. The internet hype had its backlash, however, as critics reacted against a perceived image of Vampire Weekend as privileged, upper-class Ivy League graduates stealing from foreign musicians.
Four songs from the band's first album also made the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008. The band made a television appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on February 1, 2008, and on March 8, 2008, performed on Saturday Night Live. They were declared "The Year's Best New Band" by Spin magazine in the March 2008 issue, and were the first band to be shot for the cover of the magazine before releasing their debut album. The then-nascent influence of blog hype and internet buzz played a role in their success and led to a large prerelease following sufficient to support them performing on three tours before their debut album was released.
In November 2007, they toured the UK with The Shins. In 2007, Vampire Weekend's song " Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was ranked 67th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Best Songs of the Year". After graduating from college, the band self-produced their debut album while simultaneously working full-time jobs, Tomson as a music archivist and Koenig as a middle school English teacher. The band began playing shows around Columbia University, starting with a battle of the bands at Lerner Hall in 2006. Koenig abandoned the project after two days. While home for the summer, Koenig watched the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys and was inspired to make a Northeastern version of the film in which a man named Walcott travels to Cape Cod to warn the mayor that vampires are attacking the United States. The band chose the name "Vampire Weekend" from the title of a short film project Koenig worked on during the summer between freshman and sophomore years in college. Koenig toured with The Dirty Projectors during a period of experimentation with African music, inspiring the band to incorporate world sounds into their earliest work. They bonded over a shared love of punk rock and African music. The band members met while enrolled at Columbia University, beginning with a rap collaboration between Koenig and Tomson named "L'Homme Run". History Formation and early years (2006–2007)
The band's eponymous first album Vampire Weekend (2008)-which included charting singles " A-Punk" and " Oxford Comma"-showcased a blend of indie pop, Afropop influences, chamber music elements, and has been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums. Batmanglij departed the group in early 2016. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson, and bassist Chris Baio. Vampire Weekend is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records.
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