Vampire Weekend Release "Harmony Hall" Official Video

Vampire Weekend has released an official video for one of their first singles off their upcoming album Father of the Bride. The band recently announced the album and a huge tour this year, plus they’ll be headlining a bunch of music festivals like Hangout and Firefly.

You can check out the video above, or go here to check out the tour dates.

Lyrics for “Harmony Hall” are below:

We took a vow in summertime
Now we find ourselves in late December

I believe that New Year’s Eve
Will be the perfect time
For their great surrender

But they don’t remember

Anger wants a voice
Voices wanna sing
Singers harmonize
Til they can’t hear anything
I thought that I was free
From all that questioning
But every time a problem ends
Another one begins

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall
Bear witness
Anybody with a worried mind
Could never forgive the sight
Of wicked snakes
Inside a place
You thought was dignified

I don’t wanna live like this
But I don’t wanna die

Within the halls of power lies
A nervous heart that beats
Like a Young Pretender’s

Beneath these velvet gloves I hide
The shameful, crooked hands
Of a moneylender
Cuz I still remember

Anger wants a voice
Voices wanna sing
Singers harmonize
Til they can’t hear anything
I thought that I was free
From all that questioning
But every time a problem ends
Another one begins

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall
Bear witness
Anybody with a worried mind
Could never forgive the sight
Of wicked snakes
Inside a place
You thought was dignified

I don’t wanna live like this
But I don’t wanna die

—

Written by Ezra Koenig
Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid & Ezra Koenig
Additional Production by Rostam Batmanglij