This slice of digital dancehall is a lyrical collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Rostam Batmangli and frontman Ezra Koenig. At just over six minutes, it is the longest song Vampire Weekend have produced to date.
Batmangli commented in the band's track-by-track production notes: "I started making this song in my living room. At one point my roommate walked in and turned on the kitchen faucet, you can hear it running behind the guitar solo."
The song features a percussive vocal sample from M.I.A.'s "Hussel" and an interpolation of "Pressure Drop" by the Toots and the Maytals. The M.I.A sample was because Batmangli was a fan of the singer's Kala album. He said: "I loved Kala, I was trying to make Contra sound like Kala but performed by a band."
See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.
Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.