Vampire Weekend Sunflower and Big Blue

As promised by the band's own Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend have now released two more brand new songs in advance of their upcoming fourth album, FAther Of The Bride: 'Sunflower' and 'Big Blue'.

The tracks were featured as Zane Lowe's World Record on Beats 1 on Apple Music today and the official audio videos are available here.

'Big Blue' clocks in at under two minutes and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig and DJ Dahi. 'Sunflower' was produced by Rechtshaid and Koenig and features Steve Lacy of The Internet.

In other news, Vampire Weekend have now confirmed a May 3rd release date for Father Of The Bride, the highly anticipated follow-up to the GRAMMY-winning Modern Vampires Of The City. Pre-Orders are available now across digital platforms. For physical pre-order, including CD, cassette, standard black vinyl and exclusive limited edition orange vinyl, click here.

The forthcoming record closes a six-year gap since 2013's Modern Vampires Of The City " a period during which the band's Ezra Koenig was anything but idle: In addition to touring the world and winning a Best Alternative Grammy for Modern Vampires…, Koenig released his Netflix anime series Neo Yokio, continued to host his Time Crisis show on Beats1, co-wrote and produced Beyonce's 'Hold Up'… all the while living the experiences and observations that would inform the next Vampire Weekend album. Vampire Weekend made their sixth visit to Australia in 2018 headlining Byron Bay's annual Splendour In The Grass Festival. The announcement of Father Of The Bride is sure to spark much anticipation locally, as Vampire Weekend's first two albums have achieved GOLD certification in Australia.