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Since Is This It was already taken, NYC's Vampire Weekend-- already the subject of considerable buzz and backlash, a full 18-odd months and zero albums into their career-- have gone the self-titled route for their debut full-length release.

Vampire Weekend sinks its teeth into an eagerly awaiting U.S. populace January 29 (March 3 overseas), via the quartet's coffin of choice, XL Recordings. The 11-song set includes a few jams with which fans of the band will already be familiar, and we can pretty much guarantee that all of the songs, by default, will be better than the band's name.

As previously reported, the boys-- who, full disclosure, count a couple among the Pitchfork ranks as friends-- are vamping it up overseas with the Shins. Beware, as they return to terrorize North American cities in mid-November. Pack plenty of garlic.

Vampire Weekend:

01 Mansard Roof
02 Oxford Comma
03 A-Punk
04 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
05 M79
06 Campus
07 Bryn
08 One (Blake's Got a New Face)
09 I Stand Corrected
10 Walcott
11 The Kids Don't Stand a Chance

Vampire weekends and weekdays:

11-08 Manchester, England - Academy *
11-09 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands *
11-16 Haverford, PA - Lunt Basement at Haverford College
11-23 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
11-24 Bloomington, IN - Waldron Arts Center #
11-25 Lexington, KY - Old Tarr Distillery Warehouse
11-27 Norman, OK - The Opolis ^
11-28 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
11-29 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
12-01 Phoenix, AZ - Casa Blanca Lounge
12-02 San Diego, CA - Casbah
12-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
12-05 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
12-07 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
12-08 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
12-09 Omaha, NE - Slowdown Jr.
12-11 Chicago, IL - Schubas
12-12 Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room at the Crofoot
12-13 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
12-14 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi
12-15 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Underground (Friends of John benefit) %

* with the Shins
# with Celebration
^ with Mount Eerie
% with Tokyo Police Club, Ra Ra Riot