UPDATE: Vampire Weekend have revealed the album cover and tracklist for Modern Vampires of the City. They've also announced a tour, see dates below.
"NYT Classifieds..." Vampire Weekend tweeted not long ago. The sole entry in the "Notices & Lost and Found" column of today's New York Times: "Modern Vampires of the City, May 7, 2013". You may recall some hard-to-read, curlicued letters nestled in the bottom of the band's album release date announcement that appeared to spell out "MVOTC". See the classified, below.
Do the math: the record more than likely named Modern Vampires of the City is released in the U.S. on May 7 and May 6 in the UK via XL Recordings. UPDATE: It is.
Here's the classified ad:
Modern Vampires of the City:
01 Obvious Bicycle
02 Unbelievers
03 Step
04 Diane Young
05 Don't Lie
06 Hannah Hunt
07 Everlasting Arms
08 Finger Back
09 Worship You
10 Ya Hey
11 Hudson
12 Young Lion
Vampire Weekend:
03-13-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
04-12 Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan *
04-14 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-16 Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis *
04-17 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater *
04-21 Indio, CA - Coachella
05-08 London, England - The Troxy
05-10 Paris, France - Casino De Paris
05-15 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
05-16 Toronto, Ontario - Sony Centre
05-17 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
05-19 Kansas City, MO - Midland Theater
05-20 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
05-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
05-23 Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
* with Tanlines
^ with Of Monsters And Men
Watch a video of Vampire Weekend performing "Horchata" from the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival below.