Sorry if we are late to the show but this band is probably the best breakout band for 2011. A bold call, especially when there are still 6 more months to the new year? I think not. So what can we expect from the Vaccines?

Add a pinch of Interpol/Editors, throw in a tablespoonful of the Ramones, blend in some JAMC-isque vocals, and you will get the perfect Poptart vaccine for a bad week at work. Seems like this London-based quartet has managed to retrieve the best elements from our favourite rock bands and formulate this uniquely-but-yet-familiar sound of theirs.

What did you expect from the Vaccines is short, fast-paced and direct. Clocking in only at a total of 33 minutes or so, this 11-track album is reminscent of those  punk records with 1 to 2-minute long songs.  The band jumps straight in with Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra), and wastes no time in signalling their intent in one minute and twenty-four seconds. And before you can say “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, it is then followed up with my favourite track of the album, If You Wanna. An extremely infectious, quick-paced song that has been looping on my itunes for the last few days now:

“But if you wanna come back it’s alright, it’s alright!
It’s alright if you wanna come back!
If you wanna come back it’s alright, it’s alright!
It’s alright if you wanna come back to me!”

This album is also laden with useful advice; another favourite, Post Break-up Sex, tells us that post break-up sex helps you “forget  your ex” and to “leave it ’til the guilt consumes”. Great!

Perfect for: A home-made poptart party.

the vaccines myspace

If you wanna – the vaccines (right-click “save-as”)

Norgaard – the vaccines (right-cick “save-as”)

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