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Jan 22, 2024Even with its taut construction, Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations sags just a bit in the middle. The downside of the renewed focus is that some of the songs sound similar and struggle to assert themselves. .... All of this aside, it is good to hear the Vaccines being a guitar band again—and an excellent one, at that.
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Jan 12, 2024He [producer Andrew Wells] manages to magnify an already impressive sound without weighing it down in over-production or slickness. The Vaccines have been a big deal back home, but Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations could (and should) be the record that brings them that same type of recognition in the U.S.
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Jan 12, 2024There is an attractive simplicity to this record, perhaps the band’s most straightforward since their debut. These are catchy feelings-forward songs with football chant-worthy choruses. It is, quite simply, an album full of singles.
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UncutJan 12, 2024Finds The Vaccines at their terse, nervy best. [Jan 2024, p.38]
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Jan 12, 2024This isn’t necessarily one to win The Vaccines a new generation, but for those already won over, it’ll prove worth the listen.