The show sold out and audience members included Alex Kapranos and Marcus Mumford-200 people were turned away. ĭuring The Vaccines' debut UK tour between September and November 2010, interest in the band led to a debut London performance at a friend's pub, The Flowerpot, Kentish Town. After the band's first-ever London show, a Clash magazine article predicted that the band could help usher in a new era for guitar music. The song immediately received praise from people such as Zane Lowe, who named it the 'Hottest Record in the World' on 18 August 2010. After months of attempting to perfect their sound, the band uploaded the demo " If You Wanna" to YouTube in August 2010. History 2010: Formation Ĭomposed of Justin Hayward-Young (known professionally as Justin Young), Arni Arnason (bass), Pete Robertson (drums) and Freddie Cowan (guitar and younger brother of Tom Cowan from The Horrors), the band was initially formed by Young and Cowan in the summer of 2009. 1.2 2011: What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?.They have sold two million records worldwide. The band have released five studio albums: What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? (2011), Come of Age (2012), English Graffiti (2015), Combat Sports (2018), and Back in Love City (2021). The band's debut album was the best-selling debut album of 2011 in the United Kingdom, drawing comparisons to The Ramones, The Strokes, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. The Vaccines have toured extensively, playing with and opening up for acts such as The Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Stone Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, and Muse. After Robertson's departure in 2016, keyboardist Timothy Lanham and drummer Yoann Intonti were promoted from touring musicians to official band members.
It's good, I think."ġ3.The Vaccines are an English indie rock band, formed in West London in 2010 by Justin Hayward-Young ( lead vocals, guitar), Freddie Cowan ( lead guitar, vocals), Árni Árnason ( bass, vocals), and Pete Robertson ( drums, vocals). It just feels really heavy, it's quite face-melting in places. "It's weird, it's the poppiest and most colourful record, but - actually, I'm gonna stop myself there. Yeah actually, there's two punky songs on there. I'm sure that's a consequence of having made a pretty record."Īnd when asked if that meant the record was heading in a punk direction, he added: "There's lots of riffs. He said: "The new Vaccines album is heavier than anything we've ever done and it's quite brutal in places. Speaking in March last year, Justin teased a collection "heavier than anything" the group - completed by Freddie Cowan, Árni Árnason, Timothy Lanham and Yoann Intonti - had ever done before. Meanwhile, the group also teamed up with Andrew Maury (Lizzo, Post Malone) for the mixing, and additional production comes from Fryars (Pharrell Williams, Mark Ronson). The band has unveiled the title track from the record, and the LP as a whole - which was finished early last year - was produced by Daniel Ledinsky, who has worked with the likes of Rihanna and Tove Lo in the past. "What if there was a place where love and other emotions had run dry – but you could go to Love City to get them?” “But we’re also more polarised than we’ve been for 100 years and the world is getting colder. He said: "In some obvious ways we’re more connected than ever. The 'If You Wanna' hitmakers have unveiled the follow-up to 2018's 'Combat Sports' and it's set to drop on September 10.įrontman Justin Young revealed the collection takes inspiration from his own experiences of a house swap in Los Angeles, as well as Ridley Scott's futuristic interpretation of the city in 'Blade Runner'. The Vaccines will release their fifth album 'Back In Love City' later this year.
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