Frontman Ezra Koenig spoke with NME earlier today about the issue, saying he couldn’t go into details about how the band will respond to the lawsuit because they wanted to deal with it correctly. He also mentioned this was the first time the group has been sued.
“I think I can speak for all of us and say this is the first time any of us have ever been sued, so we’re still learning how it works,” Koenig said. “There’s so many things we could say about it but given we have no experience of it we’re just keeping conversations to a journal for now, which is a little frustrating. There’s nothing we can say about it. We’re not trying to be mysterious. I imagine in the next few months there’ll be plenty to talk about. Given it’s our first time we just want to do it properly.”
The band’s record label, XL Recordings, has also responded to the suit. The label released a statement today that reads, “As is standard practice, Vampire Weekend and XL Recordings licensed the rights to use the photo on the cover of Contra pursuant to a license agreement that contains representations and warranties authorizing this use of the photo. Now that a lawsuit has been filed, we look forward to having the matter resolved in Court. We will be filing our response after we have had an opportunity to review the allegations. Consistent with our practice, we will not be commenting further about the pending litigation at this time.”
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