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Vampire Weekend
Batmanglij, who composes the band’s orchestral arrangements, notes that the band has tried to incorporate components of various ethnic and folk musics into its songs, without simply copying its musical progenitors. Batmanglij cites The Beatles as an influence, because “they played extremely popular music but at the same time drew upon Eastern and Western sources. Whereas today, rock music has killed itself by being so white bread. We’re trying to mix sounds that are old and new and sounds that are Western and that are not Western. I think that’s our vibe.”
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