The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij confirm debut album


Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam




Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Batmanglij – formerly of the Walkmen and Vampire Weekend parishes respectively – have confirmed the details of their first studio album together as a pair.

After unveiling their Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam collaboration via the ’A 1000 Times’ track last month, a debut album entitled ‘I Had a Dream That You Were Mine‘ has been set for release on September 23rd.

“We had big parts of maybe 5-6 songs that actually ended up making it onto the record,” Leithauser has explained. “We knew we liked it all, but we hadn’t discussed the amount we wanted to make together. It was kind of a funny moment, like a ‘how far are we taking this relationship?’ kind of thing.”

“I don’t think we made a decision until a few months later, when our next session went well again. At that point it was definitely going to be a lot more than a few tracks on my next solo record.”


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