This stuff may be made of duct tape, a good scanner and some camera tracks, but the new Vampire Weekend music video for "Cousins" is anything but cheap-looking. OK, maybe...
Katie Hasty
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This stuff may be made of duct tape, a good scanner and some camera tracks, but the new Vampire Weekend music video for "Cousins" is anything but cheap-looking.</p>
<p>It's a good-time clip that pushes the band along on the same track, over and over again, down an alleyway, moving toward a target, moving away from a target. Lots of mock-playing instruments. Yup easy on the eyes.</p>
<p>The editing is quick, approximate, and probably took as long as it did to film the thing: 50 minutes, plus free lunch. Professional grade stuff here.</p>
<p>OK, I give up: this lo-fi, minimalist approach to "Cousins" is a hoot, despite, and because of, its near-mindlessness. I see something new every time; thanks, director Garth Jennings. Just shut up and watch it, and get excited for the Jan. 12 release of Vampire Weekend's sophomore set "Contra."</p>
<p>You can hear another track, "Horchata," <a href="http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-10-5-listen-vampire-weekend-s-first-new-single-horchata">here.</a> The group is scheduled to play Dec. 11-12, in Portland, Ore., and Oakland, Calif., respectively.</p>
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Watch: Vampire Weekend wheel along in music video for 'Cousins'
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Watch: Vampire Weekend get us motion sick in music video for 'Cousins'
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