Ezra Koenig details Vampire Weekend's double album, confirms new music arriving next week

It's been six years since Modern Vampires of the City, and finally, Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig, has given that long-awaited update we've all been waiting for.

Revealing some exciting news via his Instagram, Koenig unveiled the initials of their new album title, "It’s called “FOTB” (well those are the initials - that’s a VW tradition)", and announced there'll be 18 tracks.

Koenig also revealed that "Mitsubishi Macchiato" was only a "working title" for their new album, which will be around an hour long from start to finish.

The Vampire Weekend frontman also revealed the most exciting news yet, "Anyway, we’re gonna start releasing music next week." Alongside announcing that new music is imminent, Koenig also let fans in on their release schedule, "There will be three 2-song drops every month until the record is out."

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To the fans:⁣ I know that 5-6 years is considered a long time between records. Personally, I think it’s a dignified pace befitting a band that’s already placed three albums in stores but everyone has their own sense of time. (I swear the time between 3 & 4 felt shorter to me than 2 & 3. I may be in the minority on this one.) ⁣ ⁣ This album didn’t really take any longer to write/record than MVOTC. We just took more time on the front end to chill. I’ll admit I may have stretched out the mixing/mastering process (aka THE END) a little bit cuz spending half the day with my family & half the day at Ariel’s is my ideal life-rhythm & it’s painful to say goodbye to that rhythm.⁣ ⁣ Many of you have been hungry for information and we’ve given you very little. I don’t like talking abt a project while in the middle of making it. I usually regret everything I say cuz it turns out to be wrong (so disregard anything I may have said in the past 5 years.) I thought abt making a recording diary to tide over the people leaving intense comments but…to me, the album IS the recording diary…man.⁣ ⁣ It’s called “FOTB” (well those are the initials - that’s a VW tradition) and it’s 18 songs. Picked the name a few years ago. At some point early on, the album drifted from the Mitsubishi Macchiato aesthetic. It was a helpful guiding principle tho. Working titles are important too.⁣ ⁣ It’s a lot of songs but they all belong there. (If you disagree, you can always say it was 6 songs too long & make a lil 12-song playlist version of it.) At first, I wanted to make two 23-song albums on some human chromosome shit but then 23&me started doing Spotify playlists and I don’t know…felt we’d been scooped.⁣ ⁣ Is it a double album? The vinyl will be double so…yes? It’s about 59 minutes long. We can talk more abt that later – if u care. To me, it’s just FOTB.⁣ ⁣ Anyway, we’re gonna start releasing music next week. After all that waiting, you should have the general schedule:⁣ ⁣ -There will be three 2-song drops every month until the record is out. 1. hh/2021 2. s/bb 3. tl/uw. (plans can change that’s the plan)⁣ ⁣ Thank you for ur patience,⁣ Ezra

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The full title for their next album FOTB hasn't been revealed yet, but it'll be their first record without Rostam Batmanglij, who left the band in 2016.