Ok, so I know no one reads this, so it's ok to admit it here that I actually went out and bought The Vaccines album- "What did you expect from The Vaccines?"... I expected fucking The Libertines, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, The Smiths... the way NME were arse licking them, wanking them off and doing their washing.But I'm going to see them when I see Arctic Monkeys so I might as well know their music, and what they're about... I'm kind of forcing myself to like them.
Hype aside they are an ok band.
But they really don't deserve to be the next big thing, On What did you expect from The Vaccines, the songs sound samey, it's background music. I wouldn't pay to see it (by choice).
Only one track stands out to me, "Post Break-Up Sex"... because it's catchy and I sing it to my Vaccines hating friend to piss her off, so I know it quite well.
I'm quite undecided on The Vaccines, I don't think I have reviewed it very well at all. If I were you though, if you like their singles, just buy them, it would be a waste to buy the whole album, believe me, it's the same song recycled 11 times.
NME seem to think The Vaccines will be some kind of musical revolution, NME can fuck off. There are way better things happening and it's not The Vaccines that are going to change music as we know it.
An NME review also compares it to The Strokes' "Is this it?"... I don't even know what to say to that.
I'd probably give the album 2/5
There are no interesting points at all, it is consistently ok.
The band itself caused quite a stir, one of them, the singer maybe (I dunno, they are really fucking boring... too boring to care) is like really posh or something? You know when you read something? and you just really couldn't give a shit? yeah? I'm not gonna get into that then.
Did I get what I expected? Yes... I "don't believe the hype."
