The Vaccines - The Vaccines Come of Age
As predicted, the UK's incessant need for a hot new band led to the Vaccines being 2011's most wildly exaggerated phenomenon. Admittedly the singles were fine in a a catchy, brief little fling kind-of way, but in that debut album, What did You Expect from the Vaccines? , there was about as much depth or ingenuity as you might find in a box of stale Cornflakes. There's also a slight concern in that, prior to reading up on them, I'd completely forgotten the names of the band, including the frontman. I reviewed their album last year, so this doesn't really vouch for their individuality. Ever the gauge of quality, then, the UK teens lapped them up and the band dominated just about every music television channel and programme going. Thanks for that. The idea of rock reclaiming TV of course doesn't entirely suck: but the willingness of all of this country's media to just settle for the most condensed form of the genre as long as it's successful is a littl