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SUMMARY:Vacations
DESCRIPTION:Vacations Bio Vacations’ fourth album finds the Newcastle ind
 ie rock quartet reaching new peaks and charting exciting new territory f
 or themselves in the process. The follow-up to 2024’s sensational No Pla
 ce 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 Fo
 ssils’ gorgeously fuzzy rock style for inspiration. More than a decade i
 nto their career\, Vacations’ sound continues to grow and mature\, and P
 ursuit of Anything reflects the junctures the group have reached in thei
 r personal lives as well as the tightening bond that they’ve developed t
 hus far in their incredible career. Pursuit of Anything arrives after ex
 tensive touring that followed No Place Like Home —a rigorous and wide-re
 aching schedule that included performances at Kilby Block Party and Lond
 on Calling\, as well as their own MATES festival (headlined by Vacations
  and featuring bands from Australia\, the UK\, and the U.S. curated by V
 acations) in Los Angeles and late-night performances on Jimmy Kimmel Liv
 e and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “It got to a point where we ne
 eded to take a step back and look at our own lives\,” bandleader Campbel
 l 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 bot
 h 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. be
 fore 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 albu
 m in NYC at Thump Studios and his apartment\, along with multiple sessio
 n musicians who were enlisted to help shape the record’s sound. Lyricall
 y\, Pursuit of Anything hones in on the growing pains of getting older\,
  as well as how the ties that bind only grow stronger as a result of tho
 se opposing forces. “We’re all going through a transitional period\, and
  our lives are kind of starting to diverge in many different ways\,” Bur
 ns says. “When Vacations started\, I was adamant about it being a solo p
 roject. Over time\, it became a band\, and we’ve become so close. These 
 people are my best friends—I’ve seen them go through so much\, and we al
 l help each other.” That close camaraderie led to Pursuit of Anything be
 coming more of a full-band than ever before: “In the studio\, it’s all o
 f us working towards the same goal and trying to get the best out of eac
 h other. There’s a lot of love and respect that goes into everything\, a
 nd it doesn’t ever feel like work.” Adding to the creative pot was engin
 eer Beatriz Artola\, who Burns refers to as “The kind of person that you
  can trust to make changes\, which goes a long way. It was like working 
 with a mentor. I have so much respect for her\, and she gave me a lot of
  self-confidence in my own production skills as well.” And Pursuit of An
 ything brims with easygoing self-confidence throughout\, as Vacations ma
 ke it sound easy to craft such impossibly pristine guitar pop. Ironicall
 y\, the sparkling “Holy Grail” was directly inspired by a Zoom call with
  the band’s manager in which the quartet found themselves at a career cr
 ossroads: “We were caught in this catch-22 of needing to get into the st
 udio so that we had a reason to keep going on the road. It’s about this 
 idea that something that can bring you so much joy and fulfillment in li
 fe can also cause so much stress. But when you do figure it out\, it’s o
 ne of the most gratifying experiences you can have.” The album’s closing
  ballad “Lucky Forever\,” which Burns describes as “me trying to write t
 he most clichéd love song that I can while trying to be really earnest” 
 and was directly inspired by his attending the weddings of Johnson and V
 an Lier. “I wanted to write a song from their perspective\,” he recalls.
  “I don’t really write love songs\, and as a subject it’s been incredibl
 y overdone. But it was really refreshing to just write something that wa
 s so simple when it came to the intention.” The introspective penultimat
 e track “I See Myself in You” was written with Frank Corr of labelmates 
 Morning Silk\, who became a friend of Burns’ following his move to NYC. 
 “We’d get together and write\, and we ended up with this lush arrangemen
 t\,” he recalls. The song was inspired by a conversation Burns had with 
 his parents in Sydney before flying back to New York City. He reflects\,
  “I was going through something personal at the time\, and they were the
 re for me in a way that felt like I was talking to my best friends\, bec
 ause I was. My relationship with my parents has changed so much over the
  course of my life and it made me pause and realise how similar we are a
 nd our experiences. I also started to wonder if one day I’ll be in their
  position\, having a similar conversation with my child.” Such moments t
 ie in to Pursuit of Anything’s larger thematic sweep\, which Burns descr
 ibes as “The coming-of-age that is going into your 30s while thinking ab
 out your younger self.” Fittingly\, the spiky and spritely “Last Call\,”
  which emerged out of his love for “short\, catchy songs\,” uses the tit
 ular closing time at a watering hole to represent the very real fear of 
 time slipping away from your very fingers. “Am I not going to catch up?”
  he rhetorically asks while talking about the song’s broader thematic be
 nt. “Am I just stuck wasting away doing things that are more trivial?” L
 uckily\, the accomplishments reflected in Pursuit of Anything are proof 
 that\, at this very moment\, Vacations are using their time extremely wi
 sely. “This record is our most refined and intentional effort\, and we’v
 e also mellowed out a lot as people\,” he reflects while talking about h
 ow 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\, w
 hereas this record was very easy to put together. I’m excited to see whe
 re it can take us next.” And Pursuit of Anything represents the beginnin
 g of a bold new chapter for Vacations\, as well as a crowning achievemen
 t in a catalog that’s already been studded with accomplishments.\n\nTick
 ets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/vacations-pursuit-of-anything-tour-mad
 ison-wisconsin-03-06-2027/event/07006541CE416BE9\n\nhttps://findlocal.co
 mmunity/event/3421e874-05f0-4dfe-a5e8-cfff08e1052d
LOCATION:The Sylvee\, 25 S. Livingston Street\, Madison\, WI 53703
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