Walcott

About Walcott

“Walcott” is the named after the main character in Ezra Koenig’s college attempt at an East Coast version of "The Lost Boys" entitled Vampire Weekend. Sound familiar? The name evokes Derek Walcott, the postcolonial poet who writes homages to Homeric epics about exile and diaspora. .

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About this song

Credited to

Vampire Weekend

Album

Vampire Weekend · Track 10 of 11

Released

January 27, 2008

Duration

3:41

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From the album: Vampire Weekend