Photography Monika MogiMusic / NewsMusic / NewsVampire Weekend return with new songs ‘Harmony Hall’ and ‘2021’The songs arrive ahead of Ezra Koenig and co’s fourth album Father of the Bride this springShareLink copied ✔️January 24, 2019January 24, 2019Text Selim Bulut Vampire Weekend are back, baby. The band have released two new tracks, “Harmony Hall” and “2021”, ahead of their forthcoming, 18-track fourth album Father of the Bride, due out this spring. “Harmony Hall” was written by the band’s Ezra Koenig and co-produced with pop superproducer Ariel Rechtshaid, with additional production by former Vampire Weekend bandmate Rostam Batmanglij. Guitarist Greg Leisz plays the solo, Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth contributed another guitar part, and Danielle Haim is also credited on the track, as Koenig told Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1. “2021” was written by Koenig and samples legendary Japanese musician and former Yellow Magic Orchestra member Haruomi Hosono, and also comes co-produced by Rechtshaid. Jenny Lewis sings the word “boy” on it. Father of the Bride is a title that Koenig chose years ago, although it takes on a different meaning given Koenig’s partner, actress Rashida Jones, recently gave birth. The title has “multiple layers of meaning”, according to a press release, although that meaning will for now remain oblique. Vampire Weekend’s last album, Modern Vampires of the City, came out in 2013. During the time since then, Koenig created the Netflix animated series Neo Yokio, hosted his Time Crisis show on Beats 1, and co-wrote Beyoncé’s “Hold Up”. Listen to “Harmony Hall” and “2021” below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.Trending10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaManaging to (mostly) slip under the radar of Instagram’s notorious censorship rules, these are the flesh-baring accounts you need to followBeautyMusicWhy everyone hates the FIFA World Cup halftime showPull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in Paris NothingMusicNothing launches ‘Club Nothing’ nightlife series with a global fundBeauty‘I trust my own body’: The rise of the unquantified self Escentric MoleculesBeautyJoin Dazed and Escentric Molecules for a night of scent and self-expressionMusicEveryone is fucking with The Femcels BeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followLife & CultureIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy