Vampire Weekend have revealed that their new album is “close to done”.

Drummer Chris Tomson explained that frontman Ezra Koenig “took a raga singing lesson with Terry Riley in rural Japan and wrote what he considers to be 7 of his all-time top 10 best songs.”

He continued, saying that the unnamed follow follow-up to 2019’s Father of the Bride will be announced by the end of the year. He added, “I feel like it just might be our best yet. 10 songs, no skips.”