Within multi-member bands, it's almost always a given that at least one member (that isn't the lead vocalist) can either sing or write music on their own. Rostam (Rostam Batmanglij), is the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend, and he's showing with "EOS", his brand-new track, that he's the chops to create wonderful solo music. Here's what Rostam had to say about the track, courtesy of The FADER: "I had this one idea from a while back stored as a voice memo on my phone," he wrote. "It was the chorus of 'EOS' and it had come out of me all at once: melody, lyrics and chords. It's rare that that happens for me—I'm always collecting ideas on my phone but usually it's individual building blocks of a song, this was the essential elements all coming out together. The rest of the song started to take shape because what I recorded kept reminding of a very specific place and time in my life. I wanted to capture that feeling, and finishing the song became about chasing it down."
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