Title: Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Year/Genre: 2008, Indie Rock
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Debut album by a group of Columbia University students who started out playing campus parties and small New York venues.

2. Early buzz spread through music blogs and file-sharing, making them a key example of late-2000s “blog rock” breaking into the mainstream.

3. Their mix of preppy imagery and borrowed global pop references sparked debates about class, privilege, and cultural tourism in indie music.