It’s easy to see where Young’s anxieties lie. The band did so yet again when they experimented with new wave and synth-pop stylings with 2015 release English Graffiti, which was their freshest and most purposely daring effort to date after their debut. But he also said as such in the buildup to their 2012 follow-up, Come of Age, stating: 'We don’t want to be an indie band any more, we want to be a rock band.' The Vaccines grow slightly from each album, or try to at least, but the core is inevitable: they are a guitar band. In an interview with DIY, lead singer Justin Young – who is admittedly very self-aware – highlights his intentions of not wanting to merely create the same album every year. You could play the record at a house party and it’s accessible and inoffensive enough and a bit of an off-kilter cool that people won’t complain when you put it on. It’s built on the same kinds of framework that shaped their debut, but not as good.
Now, with new record Combat Sports, The Vaccines want to no longer be characterised as 'just another indie band', despite that being what they are. They were songs about sad things but guised under happy-go-lucky guitar riffs with lyrics so catchy the only way you had to sing them was at the top of your lungs, alongside your mates.īut that was seven years ago. It was so great they even had a track chosen to be included in the official soundtrack for FIFA ’12. It’s full of bite-sized, relatable beer-spilling pop odes dedicated to making irrational decisions following brutal heartbreak, getting back together with your ex, and love songs written for Danish models (Amanda Norgaard). The track – clocking in at just under three minutes, as most Vaccines songs do – is emblematic of the indie-pop guitar-based music they are so famed for, starting with their 2011 debut release What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?.
'I see The Vaccines have released their song again,' Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snapes tweeted when the British band released new track ‘I Can’t Quit’ in early January.
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