The Vacant Lots – Interiors (Album – Fuzz Club Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Shoegaze.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: The Vacant Lots strike back with their fifth studio album to date. The American duo is driven by Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen.
Content: “Interiors” sounds diversified but always getting back to a strong Dream-Pop and Shoegaze basis which is reinforced by Cold-Wave elements. This work reminds me of bands like New Order, The Neon Judgement and The Jesus And Mary Chain.
+ + + : I praise this work for its eclectic approach. The songs have been composed with great guitar playing -especially for the Shoegaze cuts, while featuring sexy vocal parts -excelling at “Evacuation”.
– – – : I regret the work is only featuring 8 cuts while I didn’t hear a true, potential hit.
Conclusion: “Interior” is a fully enjoyable work bringing different influences together.
Best songs: “Evacuation”, “Amnesia”, “Endgame”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.thevacantlots.com / www.facebook.com/THEVACANTLOTS
Label: http://fuzzclub.com / www.facebook.com/FuzzClubRecords Read the news on ‘Interiors’.
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About The Vacant Lots
The Vacant Lots is the minimalist post-punk/synth-pop duo of Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen, formed in Burlington, Vermont in 2010 and now based in Brooklyn, New York. The pair signed to Mexican Summer in 2011 before releasing its debut album, “Departure”, on Sonic Cathedral in July 2014, followed by “Endless Night” on Metropolis Records in April 2017. The closing track on “Endless Night”, “Suicide Note”, featured vocals by Alan Vega of Suicide, one of the last collaborations Vega took part in before his death in 2016.
The duo also recorded two EPs with Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, “Berlin” (2016) and “Exit” (2019), both on A Recordings. In 2021, Jared Artaud co-produced and mixed “Mutator”, a posthumous Alan Vega album released on Sacred Bones Records. The Vacant Lots signed to Fuzz Club for “Interzone” (2020) and “Closure” (2022), and returned with their fifth studio album, “Interiors”, on October 13, 2023, also via Fuzz Club.
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