The Vaccines Airing New Single Tonight

The Vaccines are set to air a new single, Melody Calling, tonight on Radio 1, at 7.30pm (BST). The song is supposed to be a stand-alone single, similar to Tiger Blood from between their first and second albums.

Best Of 2012: #16

#16 - The Vaccines - The Vaccines Come Of Age

Talk about a quick follow-up album! Less than 18 months since their debut, The Vaccines have gone a bit more mature (as the title might suggest), and gone in a slightly wider direction than their debut, and has worked, but I still think the first one was better. But the guitar tunes are still all there; there's no If You Wanna or Post Break-Up Sex on here, but still has some almost reaching those lofty heights. Take Teenage Icon, for example. It may be the most similar to the songs from the first album, but still will want to make you move. The reverb around singer Justin Young's vocals have also been removed, and he sounds more confident for it; especially on tracks such as All In Vain or Aftershave Ocean (which is a fantastic title for a song!) Admittedly, the album does trail off a bit towards the end; Change Of Heart Pt. 2 and I Wish I Was A Girl are decent enough, but feel a little bit like filler, and Lonely World is just boring - it seems like they wanted to redo a sort of Family Friend-type ending again, but failed. But that's really the only issue I have with the album. Just take the opening trio of songs - No Hope through I Always Knew to Teenage Icon - and you'll be hooked. Probably.

RECOMMEND: I Always Knew, Teenage Icon, Ghost Town
LOW POINTS: Change Of Heart Pt.2, Lonely World

Hear The Vaccines Come Of Age Now

The Vaccines are now streaming their new album, The Vaccines Come Of Age, online for free here. The album is due for release next Monday (3rd September).

New Vaccines And Delphic Singles

Both The Vaccines and Delphic have announced that they will be unveiling new singles tonight (18th July) on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show between 19.00 and 21.00 (GMT).

The Vaccines' song is entitled "Teenage Icon" and is the second single off their forthcoming sophomore album "The Vaccines Come Of Age", following "No Hope".

Delphic's song is the first song off their second album, entitled "Good Life", and will reportedly be used in the Olympics along with Muse's "Survival", amongst other songs.

The Vaccines - The Vaccines Come Of Age

Artwork

Tracklist
01. No Hope
02. I Always Knew
03. Teenage Icon
04. All In Vain
05. Ghost Town
06. Aftershave Ocean
07. Weirdo
08. Bad Mood
09. Change Of Heart pt. 2
10. I Wish I Was A Girl
11. Lonely World

The album will be released on September 3rd. The first single, No Hope, will be released on July 8th, but is available to view on YouTube.

The Vaccines - New Album Details

The Vaccines have announced that their new album will be entitled "The Vaccines Come Of Age" and will be released on September 3rd, not a year and a half since their debut "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?" was released. The album is set to include songs such as Teenage Icon, Bad Mood and No Hope. The latter has been unveiled as the first single (due for release on 9th July), and you can listen below.

Best Of 2011: #9

#9 - The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

No original review.

Down into single figures, and sitting pretty at number nine is the greatest debut album of the year. There was a lot of hype about The Vaccines that sort of passed me by, and I only really looked into it after I saw they were supporting Arctic Monkeys and then heard the single All In White. And now I wonder why I didn't discover them earlier. The previously mentioned All In White is perhaps the greatest track on the album, but tracks such as the summer anthem Wetsuit or the indie-pop tune that is Post Break-Up Sex are both close runners-up. It is a very short album but then again, the songs have no chance of outstaying their welcome. Very much looking forward to album number two.