Preppy Afro-popsters Vampire Weekend have pooled their talents with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh to record a song for upcoming ‘indie’ feature Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist.
The movie seems to be targeted squarely at the kind of people who, well, buy Vampire Weekend albums. It stars excellent Arrested Development alumnus Michael Cera, and boasts this synopsis: “High school student Nick O’Leary, member of the queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.” The soundtrack is a predictably hipster-friendly affair, with the likes of Bands Of Horses, Devendra Banhart, We Are Scientists and Shout Out Louds all contributing ditties – some of them previously unreleased.
The freshly-hatched contribution from Vampire Weekend and Mark Mothersbaugh is called Ottoman. In fact, Mothersbaugh was involved in “overseeing” the whole soundtrack. Not a bad supervisor to have around.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist is set for a late-2008 release. Here’s the tracklist for the soundtrack.
1 Chris Bell – Speed of Sound
2 Devendra Banhart – Lover
3 Bishop Allen – Middle Management
4 Vampire Weekend – Ottoman
5 The Dead 60s – Riot Radio
6 Takka Takka – Fever
7 The Submarines – Xavia
8 We Are Scientists – After Hours
9 Band of Horses – Our Swords
10 Army Navy – Silvery Sleds
11 Richard Hawley – Baby, You’re My Light
12 Shout Out Louds – Very Loud
13 Paul Tiernan – How to Say Goodbye
14 The Real Tuesday Weld – Last Words
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said on the 16th Aug, 2008