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Vampire Weekend Announced Their Album Title in the Classifieds

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend on night two of 106.7 KROQ FM's Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009 at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk on December 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend on night two of 106.7 KROQ FM’s Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009 at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk on December 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Karl Walter/Getty Images

If you have a physical copy of today’s New York Times and actually know where to find the classifieds, then look for one listing that reads “Modern Vampires of the City, May 7, 2013.†The phrase corresponds to a mysterious acronym hidden at the bottom of Vampire Weekend’s album announcement, and Twitter confirms it: That’s the new album title. All the news that’s fit to print, etc.

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