Rostam Batmanglij leaves Vampire Weekend

Rostam Batmanglij leaves Vampire Weekend

The multi-instrumentalist has announced his plans to go solo

by Chris Bound: January 26, 2016
News, Music Feed

Vampire Weekend guitarist and keys player Rostam Batmanglij has announced that he left the band as a full-time member.

Although he still plans to collaborate with the band in the future, the musician has set up plans to go solo as he has just released a new song, 'EOS'.

Read his full statement and listen to 'EOS' below.

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