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TICKETS 🎟️ truewest.info/Vacations27On Sale Friday, October 9 at 10am PT
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Vacations’ fourth album finds the Newcastle indie rock quartet reaching new peaks and charting exciting new territory for themselves in the process. The follow-up to 2024’s sensational No Place Like Home adds new levels of warmth and texture to the group’s sound, drawing from the ornate chamber-pop of Weyes Blood as well as Beach Fossils’ gorgeously fuzzy rock style for inspiration. More than a decade into their career, Vacations’ sound continues to grow and mature, and Pursuit of Anything reflects the junctures the group have reached in their personal lives as well as the tightening bond that they’ve developed thus far in their incredible career.
Pursuit of Anything arrives after extensive touring that followed No Place Like Home—a rigorous and wide-reaching schedule that included performances at Kilby Block Party and London Calling, as well as their own MATES festival (headlined by Vacations and featuring bands from Australia, the UK, and the U.S. curated by Vacations) in Los Angeles and late-night performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “It got to a point where we needed to take a step back and look at our own lives,” bandleader Campbell Burns reflects.
Indeed, as Vacations enjoyed a much-needed respite, life kept moving: Burns moved to L.A. briefly before eventually settling down in Brooklyn, bassist Jake Johnson and drummer Joseph Van Lier both got married (the latter also welcomed his first child), and guitarist Nate Delizzotti relocated to Melbourne. Amidst all this personal motion, Pursuit of Anything began to take shape, as Burns began writing the album in L.A. The band joined him for multiple sessions while in L.A. before Burns moved to NYC where he continued writing and recording in his apartment. The band reconvened for more sessions at Golden Retriever in Sydney to continue recording its ten songs. Burns then finished the album in NYC at Thump Studios and his apartment, along with multiple session musicians who were enlisted to help shape the record’s sound.
“This record is our most refined and intentional effort, and we've also mellowed out a lot as people,” Burns reflects while talking about how the record represents this moment in time for Vacations. “It used to feel like we were always under some kind of crunch from the industry, whereas this record was very easy to put together. I’m excited to see where it can take us next.” And Pursuit of Anything represents the beginning of a bold new chapter for Vacations, as well as a crowning achievement in a catalog that’s already been studded with accomplishments.
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