Vampire Weekend's first Brighton visit at the end of February was an instant sell-out.
The band's combination of Afrobeat sounds and New York cool packed out Audio with a show drawing from their selftitled debut album.
Taking a dress code from the "preppy"
students at New York's Columbia University, the band is a world away from the ripped jeans and leather jackets or indie cool looks of their contemporaries.
Their music also contrasts with the current indie scene, based around frontman Ezra Koenig's clean guitar sounds and Rostam Batmanglij's African-influenced keyboard samples rather than robotic electro bleeps and overdriven guitar washes.
The band isn't just about imitating the sounds of Paul Simon's Graceland, though. With songs like Walcott and M79 they have a definite indie sensibility which adds a degree of accessibility to anyone whose knowledge of world music is based on the moment they go to make the tea during Later With Jools Holland.
The best reference point is probably Talking Heads during their Speaking In Tongues and Fear Of Music period.
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