Only God Was Above Us 2 Vinyls

Release Date April 5, 2024

Double Vinyl Edition with gatefold, printed inner sleeves, and a 24" x 36" folded poster.

Five years after their last record, Vampire Weekend (Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson) return with their fifth studio album Only God Was Above Us, due out April 5. Inspired and haunted by 20th-century New York, the album was recorded in various locations around the world, from Manhattan to Los Angeles, and London to Tokyo. Only God Was Above Us was primarily produced by Koenig and long-time collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid, mixed by Dave Fridmann, and mastered by Emily Lazar.

The beginnings of Only God Was Above Us trace back to 2019-2020, when Koenig wrote most of the lyrics. The 10-track magnum opus is the product of five years spent refining, retooling, and gradually shaping those lyrical and melodic structures to bring Vampire Weekend to a new creative peak. The album is both direct and complex, and it showcases the band at their most raw, but also at their most beautiful and melodic.