Good morning! I got a brand spankin’ new Vampire Weekend song for you guys today! It is “California English Pt.2″, which is the b-side to the “Cousins” single. Like “Horchata” it is different from anything on their debut album, so all the critics who doubted that they wouldn’t change are eating their words! With that said, it is still very Vampire Weekend. The song is a good listen, but it doesn’t really have a climax or a big winning chorus that VW made routine on every other song. So I guess it is a bit on the — safe side? It is only a b-side, but then again one of my favorite VW songs to date “Ladies Of Cambridge” is a b-side. I really like the atmosphere that is created through the looped vocals. It may be one of the most “produced” song of theirs to date. You can tell a lot of studio work went into this one.
All in all, this is a cool piece. I see it more as a track to relax to, rather than a track to rock out to!
It amazes me to see how far Vampire Weekend have come. It was almost 2 years ago that I met them outside of Bowery Ballroom before they rose to fame. A good fella over at XL Recordings promised to send me an advanced promo to review, so once I have that I will eagerly get a review up for you guys!
For now, enjoy the b-side along with your “Horchata”/”Cousins” playlists!
[mp3] : Vampire Weekend – California English Pt. 2 (MP3 Taken Down By Request)
46 Comments
Oliver, you’re a GREAT blogger! Thank you SO much!
Any idea if this will ever really be released to digital stores? The single on iTunes, Amazon and Lala doesn’t have the b-side. I like to buy tracks I hear on MP3 blogs ’cause, y’know, support artists and all that, but I can’t find a place to give them my money…
ParallelComics, the B-side is going to be released December 15 with the Vinyl of the single. I’m just glad I don’t have to wait two weeks to hear this haha
How do you listen to the song? It only buffers and does not play
re-up this??
hey there, Will:
please can u send me this song to my e-mail address: futureyouth@hotmail.co.uk
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… I won’t share this file publicly… only w/ a good friend!
THANKS in advance
many thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks
x
I saw that you sent it to the other guy, and I have been looking for this song every day, and when I saw your post I freaked out… only to find out that the file had been taken down. Please sent the song to brycemillerbryce@gmail.com. And like the other guy I have no intentions of sharing it publicly I am just obsessed with Vampire Weekend. Thank you so much!
YAAAAH! Thanks
hi man send me this pleease! thanks!!
Hey mate it’d be much appreciated if you would send me this song as well. I’m not a sharer, just a VW fanatic, been looking for this song for weeks now! Thanks.
Hi,
Just like the others, i’m a VW fanatic.
If you could send it to me, it would enlighten my day !!
Thanks in advance
PS: can’t wait for the new album
Pleasseeeee thehypstyle@gmail.com for a french boy !
Would love the mp3 if anyone could send it, thanks! warplayer0@gmail.com
I see everyone is getting what they want!
I hope that my request is heard and either Will or someone else helps me have this .mp3 just for my personal pleasure… please!!! (as a Xmas gift!)
moy26@hotmail.com is my e-mail address!
Can I PLEASE get a copy of this song????? PLEAE PLEASE!
We’re all cousins right? If so, andrew_under_fire@hotmail.com
Peace.
please please please send this to me!
ive been looking for it all day and this is the only site i can find it!
that would make my life.
thanks!
Can you send it to me as well? I’m a staggeringly huge fan of the band’s work!
Can you send it to me as well please? I’ll keep it secret
angus.abbott@gmail.com
Could you please send it to me, too? I promise not to share it! ssussmann@yahoo.com
Many thanks,
Steve
Hey can you send me the song too? I as well promise not to share it. joelisaniceguy@gmail.com
Cheers,
Joel
It would be awesome if you could send it to me!
alex.deaton@loop.colum.edu
Thanks!
I don’t know if all these requests will be granted, but if so I thought I’d add mine to the pile. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the track and your dedication. Love your blog.
Could you send it this way too please
jameshughes3.141@googlemail.com
Loving the blog by the way.
Thank you! This track has 10 plays on my itunes already.
Oops did i miss the boat?
would love this
caingill@hotmail.co.uk
Not to sound like a broken record, but I am also completely in love with VW, and would love it even some could shoot me a copy of california english, pt 2. Thanks in advance!!!!!
Josiah.Schwartz@gmail.com
Dito for that MP3
johnrox117@yahoo.com
I feel like a jerk for even asking after all those requests. If you have a spare second after making everyone else’s day a bit better, I’d love an MP3 too. If not, totally cool.
jbsseagull@gmail.com
Anybody help with the mp3???
swivven@hotmail.com
PLEASE
COULD I PLEASE HAVE A COPY?
nogglejr@clarkson.edu
nixsantos@me.com please and thank you!
can you send it to me as well. i missed the cousins d.l before, so if anyone can send that too, it would be great. babyturtlenyc@yahoo.com please and thanks
If its not too much trouble,
patrick016@gmail.com
Thanks.
Could you send me a copy as well? I’ll be sure not to share it. Thanks in advance! john.santos@gmx.com
I would be thrilled if I could get this mp3! Promise not to share.
jwdavis91@gmail.com
this is a great song!
not sure if you’ve sent the track to everyone else, but it’s well worth a try. here’s my email: sotomisael@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance.
Iève been a huge fan of VW since they started and have been looking forward to Contra for a long time. It would be great if you could send me the song via email. I will not be sharing it publicly, I just love them.
bryankellam@hotmail.com
It would be much appreciated!
PS
I really do need you to send it to me, the track wont even show up on this page for me, so I havent been able to even hear it
I am begging youuuuuuuuuuu. please send the aforementioned mp3 song file mega amazingness by vampire weekend to p0rlitlerichb0i@yahoo.com. And thanks in advance. oh and btw, the o’s in my email are zeroes…
Please send the California English Pt.2 track to me at dbutts@cfl.rr.com. Thanks!
send me this track please sullyvans@hotmail.com
Hey Will,
Could you spare me a file? Thanks for putting this up, I have some low quality copy.
craig.shiffler@gmail.com
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[...] Things you don’t expect to hear on a Vampire Weekend song: Gunshot sounds, blissed-out Animal Collective synths, Kid Cudi telling you to suck his balls. And yet two of the three appear on ‘California English Pt. 2′, the dizzily weird B-side to the band’s ‘Cousins’ single. (The single is out now digitally, and due on vinyl on December 15.) You should probably stop whatever you’re doing and listen to it right now. Check it out below, via Pretty Much Amazing and We All Want Someone to Shout For. [...]