The sleazy, woozy sound of the Vaccines will be given another dimension on August 12th when they release their 3rd studio endeavour. The EP was cultivated at Elderado Studio’s in Burbank with the informed help of producers John Hill (Rihanna and MIA) and Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand and The Arctic Monkeys) earlier this year. Their latest ‘leak’ ‘Everybody’s Gonna Let You Down’ precursors the bands scheduled American tour with folk-pop sensation Mumford & Sons and French synthpop-rockers Phoenix.
The Vaccines emerged from one of the largest and most confusing character-hypes of the decade. The press began by touting the return of the classic, raw guitar band model, creating such a furious excitement that it not only prompted the band to wryly name their debut album ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’ but also predictably tripped the heralds into proclamations of flimflam when the retro sound was finally and disappointingly reviewed as a catchy but undeserving flash-mob.
Ultimately the pseudo-super group (Jay Jay Pistolet and Tom from the Horror’s younger brother) were caught in one of the music industry’s most unpredictable times; in a maelstrom of straws that were almost arbitrarily clutched at. Their sound, though affiliated with public and media disillusionment, certainly appeals to many listeners, a Ramones style ruckus that does occasionally thrill.
The band have done well to keep their indie sweeps above the water-line and the water-mark despite the initial craze; most festival posters are strewn with their name, occupying the successful but not exceptional cage of support slots on the main stage. This is a neat metaphor for their aura; likably average. And so, true to this theory, their latest conception sounds like a purposefully overlooked B-side from The Stone Roses and Nirvana’s love child. Frontman, Justin Young, called it “a bridge to something else… I feel very creative at the moment”, so maybe it’s more like ‘Calling For A Melody’ than ‘Melody Calling’.
Check out Everybody’s Gonna Let You Down below
https://soundcloud.com/the-vaccines/everybodys-gonna-let-you-down
