mp3: Ruby Soho
TrendRobot Rating: 7/10
Listen to Vampire Weekend cover “Ruby Soho” (Rancid)
Stereogum noted that while reviewing Vampire Weekend’s Contra, the fellows had quite a love for punk, hardcore, and dancefloor ska.  The unabashed love for Operation Ivy and Rancid seems to be one more bit of info that nudges me towards loving Vampire Weekend.  While you’ll never, at any point, in this track, believe that it was a Tim Armstrong song, I love the breakdown with smoothed vibrato.[Stereogum]

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