Back from a three-year Hiatus, Brooklyn’s Vampire Weekend have shared two cuts from their forthcoming full-length Modern Vampires of the City.

These are the first recordings we’ve heard of the quirky four-piece since 2010’s Contra, and find the band tackling a typically diverse range of influences. ‘Diane Young’ is a truly bizarre collision, sounding something like 50s Elvis remixed by The Postal Service, then screwed and chopped a little, just for kicks. Set to a rather appropriate video of a car burning while the New York skyline looks on, it’s a far cry from ‘Oxford Comma’, and sets a rather terrifying precedent for what the rest of the record might sound like.

Thankfully ‘Step’ is a little more subdued, and while at its core it might simply be a bare-bones take on Procal Harum’s ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’, there’s a liberal sprinkling of Caribbean flair, just to remind you that you’re listening to Vampire Weekend.

So all in all we’re left with very few pointers as to what direction Modern Vampires of the City is actually going to go in, which was probably the band’s plan all along. Well played guys, well played indeed.

Modern Vampires of the City is out on XL on May 7.