Vampire Weekend Confirm Album Release Date

23 January 2013, 13:12 | Updated: 6 August 2013, 12:12

Vampire Weekend's third album will be released on May 6.

They confirmed earlier this week that they were putting the finishing touches to the follow up to 2010's Contra.

The band told NME that the sound is "organic" and "cohesive" on the new record

They announced the release date using a GIF on their Tumblr blog.