It’s exciting to see the contrast between these two tracks.

“2021” is the little sibling to “Harmony Hall.” Clocking in at only a minute and 38 seconds, the laid-back track is a soothing break from the upbeat “Harmony Hall.” The track was inspired by a sample from the Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono and really shaped the vibe of this song. (plans can change that’s the plan)⁣ ⁣ Thank you for ur patience,⁣ EzraĪ post shared by Ezra Koenig on at 1:05pm PST After all that waiting, you should have the general schedule:⁣ ⁣ -There will be three 2-song drops every month until the record is out. To me, it’s just FOTB.⁣ ⁣ Anyway, we’re gonna start releasing music next week. We can talk more abt that later – if u care. (If you disagree, you can always say it was 6 songs too long & make a lil 12-song playlist version of it.) At first, I wanted to make two 23-song albums on some human chromosome shit but then 23&me started doing Spotify playlists and I don’t know…felt we’d been scooped.⁣ ⁣ Is it a double album? The vinyl will be double so…yes? It’s about 59 minutes long.

Working titles are important too.⁣ ⁣ It’s a lot of songs but they all belong there. At some point early on, the album drifted from the Mitsubishi Macchiato aesthetic. I usually regret everything I say cuz it turns out to be wrong (so disregard anything I may have said in the past 5 years.) I thought abt making a recording diary to tide over the people leaving intense comments but…to me, the album IS the recording diary…man.⁣ ⁣ It’s called “FOTB” (well those are the initials – that’s a VW tradition) and it’s 18 songs. I don’t like talking abt a project while in the middle of making it. I’ll admit I may have stretched out the mixing/mastering process (aka THE END) a little bit cuz spending half the day with my family & half the day at Ariel’s is my ideal life-rhythm & it’s painful to say goodbye to that rhythm.⁣ ⁣ Many of you have been hungry for information and we’ve given you very little. We just took more time on the front end to chill. I may be in the minority on this one.) ⁣ ⁣ This album didn’t really take any longer to write/record than MVOTC. (I swear the time between 3 & 4 felt shorter to me than 2 & 3. Personally, I think it’s a dignified pace befitting a band that’s already placed three albums in stores but everyone has their own sense of time.

To the fans:⁣ I know that 5-6 years is considered a long time between records.

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