![News Added Sep 21, 2016 An indie rock marriage for the ages, The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam have made a new pop record. Hamilton coming off a mediocre solo outing and Rostam hot off his announcement that Modern Vampires of the City would be his last record with the band, the biggest […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cover600x600-20-320x320.jpeg "Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam : I Had A Dream That You Were Mine")
An indie rock marriage for the ages, The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam have made a new pop record. Hamilton coming off a mediocre solo outing and Rostam hot off his announcement that Modern Vampires of the City would be his last record with the band, the biggest Vampire Weekend fans knowing what terrible news that really was. But VW fans rejoice, a new day has dawned.
I Had A Dream That You Were Mine bookends with its best two tracks. “A 1000 Times” catapults you into the best the record has to offer. The quiet to loud dynamics, the big chorus, stuffed full of hooks, it sounds like your favorite Walkmen track, and that voice. Hamilton’s voice sounds like a sailboat, cruising on the lake of your mind. Every so often he catches a gust of wind and takes off. The volume changes are so vigorous and organic; and when he really picks up steam, it never sounds like he is trying to get intense, it sounds like he already is. The final track “1959” features Angel Deradoorian, tickling piano and the sweetest falsetto since A Moon Shaped Pool. When Deradoorian does begin singing, its hard to tell if we are in a Dirty Projectors b-side or not, in the best possible way.
