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THE VACCINES – Earworm Jukebox With Their 6th Album ‘PICK-UP FULL OF PINK CARNATIONS’

Posted on January 13, 2024 by JL

13 January 2024

British guitar pop idols THE VACCINES have their new,
6th full-length, baptized Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations out.

Press info: “The title comes from a misheard lyric from Don McClean‘s “American Pie,”
a song that for Young fittingly evokes the death of innocence and the American Dream. After he moved to Los Angeles – a city the band has grown up being captivated by – he
was forced to wrestle with the disillusionment that comes when expectations, dreams,
and reality don’t quite meet.

Justin Hayward-Young (frontman) : “The album is about reconciling with loss, but it’s
also filled with gratitude for the people and places we once loved.”Pink carnations symbolise gratitude and tell a person they’ll never be forgotten. So whether it’s the loss of a lover, or a friend, or even just a dream, the record is a reminder that they’ll live on in whatever capacity the mind allows them to. And it’s a reminder to keep on dreaming.”

Album artwork

NME says: “Over a decade on from their breakout moment, The Vaccines remain dependable,
if frustratingly predictable. That’s not to say it doesn’t work. It might not offer anything new, but
it doesn’t necessarily need to. There’s a reason why they’ve remained a festival favourite for over
a decade – they’re good at what they do, even if it’s nothing particularly groundbreaking.”
Score: 3/5.

TUTV: Tune after tune after tune is what you get. That’s what The Vaccines do since day one and their cracking debut LP What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (2011). The new one will help to fill their jukebox further on with whistle/sing/hum along vaccines. Why making complex music, if you can make people happy with simple, boosting TUNES.

Key singles/clips: Sometimes, I Swear / Lunar Eclipse / Heartbreak Kid

– SOMETIMES, I SWEAR –