Despite nonstop touring and a slew of successful singles, The Vaccines aren’t ones to rest on their laurels. After a year and two months since What Did You Expect… comes ‘No Hope’, the first taster from their sophomore effort Come of Age, and that title could well prove prophetic; here the four-piece sound ballsier and more bullish than ever.
When on the first album Justin Young’s bellow was coated with a heavy glaze of reverb, here his voice sounds crystal clear. It makes for a sparse but all the more rewarding sound, as his almost transatlantic drawl shrugs: “I don’t really care about anyone else when I haven’t got my own life figured out”. Their sessions with Albert Hammond Jr have rubbed off, too, as ‘No Hope’ bounces along on their most Strokes-esque riff since, well, ‘Tiger Blood’.
Our ears may not have stopped ringing from their thundering debut, but when they churn out tracks like this, who needs a break?
Single: The Vaccines – No Hope
Written by Samuel Lambeth. Posted in Releases, Single
Tagged: The Vaccines
Published on July 17, 2012
Despite nonstop touring and a slew of successful singles, The Vaccines aren’t ones to rest on their laurels. After a year and two months since What Did You Expect… comes ‘No Hope’, the first taster from their sophomore effort Come of Age, and that title could well prove prophetic; here the four-piece sound ballsier and more bullish than ever.
When on the first album Justin Young’s bellow was coated with a heavy glaze of reverb, here his voice sounds crystal clear. It makes for a sparse but all the more rewarding sound, as his almost transatlantic drawl shrugs: “I don’t really care about anyone else when I haven’t got my own life figured out”. Their sessions with Albert Hammond Jr have rubbed off, too, as ‘No Hope’ bounces along on their most Strokes-esque riff since, well, ‘Tiger Blood’.
Our ears may not have stopped ringing from their thundering debut, but when they churn out tracks like this, who needs a break?
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