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Past
JUN
08
2019
Paris, France
Supersonic
I Was There
JUN
07
2019
Berlin, Germany
Urban Spree
I Was There
JUN
06
2019
Camden, London, UNITED KINGDOM
The Shacklewell Arms
I Was There
MAY
18
2019
San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore
I Was There
MAY
17
2019
San Diego, CA
The Observatory North Park
I Was There
MAY
16
2019
Los Angeles, CA
Ace Hotel
I Was There
MAY
08
2019
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Steel
I Was There
MAY
06
2019
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
I Was There
MAR
23
2018
Burlington, VT
Foam Brewers
I Was There
MAR
22
2018
New York, NY
Saint Vitus
I Was There
NOV
22
2017
Paris, France
Elysée Montmartre
I Was There
NOV
18
2017
La Rochelle, France
La Sirène
I Was There
NOV
16
2017
Ramonville-St-Agne, France
Le Bikini
I Was There
NOV
15
2017
Nîmes, France
La Paloma
I Was There
NOV
14
2017
Grenoble, France
La Belle Électrique
I Was There
NOV
12
2017
Strasbourg, France
La Laiterie
I Was There
NOV
11
2017
Nancy, France
L'autre Canal
I Was There
NOV
10
2017
Lille, France
LE SPLENDID
I Was There
JUN
30
2017
Brooklyn, NY
Sunnyvale
I Was There
JUN
17
2017
Manchester, United Kingdom
The Peer Hat
I Was There
JUN
16
2017
Leeds, Uk
Temple of Boom
I Was There
JUN
15
2017
Glasgow, United Kingdom
O2 ABC 2
I Was There
JUN
14
2017
Brighton, United Kingdom
The Hope & Ruin
I Was There
JUN
13
2017
London, United Kingdom
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
I Was There
JUN
02
2017
Paris, France
Supersonic
I Was There
MAY
14
2017
Los Angeles, CA
The Echo
I Was There
NOV
27
2016
Berlin, Germany
8mm
I Was There
NOV
25
2016
Berlin, Germany
Humboldthain Club
I Was There
NOV
24
2016
Haarlem, Netherlands
Patronaat
I Was There
NOV
22
2016
Paris, France
La Mécanique Ondulatoire
I Was There
NOV
21
2016
Rennes, France
MONDO BIZARRO
I Was There
NOV
20
2016
London, United Kingdom
Moth Club
I Was There
NOV
19
2016
Manchester, United Kingdom
Fallow Cafe
I Was There
APR
02
2016
Copenhagen, Denmark
KB18
I Was There
APR
01
2016
Oslo, Norway
Revolver
I Was There
MAR
30
2016
Stockholm, Sweden
Riche
I Was There
MAR
28
2016
Berlin, Germany
8MM Bar
I Was There
MAR
26
2016
Athina, Greece
Death Disco
I Was There
MAR
25
2016
Arta, Greece
Kourdisto Portokali
I Was There
MAR
24
2016
Ioannina, Greece
Beatnik Bar
I Was There
MAR
23
2016
Thessaloniki, Greece
Rover Bar
I Was There
MAR
22
2016
Serres, Greece
Klidi Tou Fa
I Was There
MAR
21
2016
Larissa, Greece
Sto Peripou
I Was There
MAR
18
2016
Brescia Bs, Italy
lio bar
I Was There
MAR
15
2016
Paris, France
La Mecanique Ondulatoir
I Was There
MAR
14
2016
Lille, France
LE BIPLAN
I Was There
MAR
13
2016
London, United Kingdom
The Shacklewell Arms
I Was There
MAR
12
2016
Todmorden, United Kingdom
The Golden Lion
I Was There
MAR
11
2016
Manchester, United Kingdom
Sound Control
I Was There
MAR
09
2016
Brighton, United Kingdom
The Prince Albert
I Was There
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Fan Reviews
About The Vacant Lots
Created under isolation, ‘Closure’ is the fourth album from Brooklyn duo The Vacant Lots and is Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen’s most fully realized work to date. Out September 30th on Fuzz Club Records, the record packs 8 minimal is maximal salvos into 23 minutes that coalesce into a stun-blast soundtrack for today’s shattered society.
New York City’s artistic skyline may have changed immeasurably since the last century, yet the minimalist post-punk/synth-pop duo vividly gouge into the city’s immortal outsider spirit and underground cultural tropes, set against a pulsating backdrop of modern apocalypse.
Their uniquely idiosyncratic path started with bonding through mutual musical obsessions in Burlington, Vermont igniting a compellingly prolific procession of singles, EPs and collaborations, plus ‘Departure’ (2014), ‘Endless Night’ (2017) and 2020’s critically-acclaimed ‘Interzone’ albums – each reflecting and documenting the increasingly surreal times they were made in.
Forged under 2021’s punishing lockdown conditions, ‘Closure’ finds The Vacant Lots looking inwards. “During the pandemic the two of us were totally isolated in our home studios,” says Jared. “I don't think the pandemic directly influenced the songs in an obvious way, but merely amplified existing feelings of alienation and isolation. The atmosphere and pervasive uncertainty was more intense but not necessarily a key contributing factor to the songs. I was more impacted by Kobe Bryant’s tragic death than having to social distance indefinitely. Nevertheless, we found ourselves writing in a more direct and vulnerable way than ever before.”
Laced with evocatively concise and lacerating lyrics delivered detached and deadpan, ‘Closure’s spine-chilling onslaught of towering guitar shrapnel, ethereal metallic synth melodies and cold electronic turbulence comes infused with shades of New Order and Jesus And Mary Chain; the kind of modern disco and post-punk grooves that pillaged New York clubs in the 80s. Inevitably, the penetrating spirit of New York electronic trailblazers Suicide haunts the new record with its subterranean gravitational pull, having previously manifested physically when the two-piece befriended the late Alan Vega, leading to collaborations and support spots.
Since Vega’s 2016 death, Jared has joined Alan’s widow and longtime musical ally Liz Lamere in curating the Vega Vault of unreleased material, culminating in co-producing and mixing 2021’s lost album, ‘Mutator’. “With the people who are closest to me who have died, including Alan, you kind of learn how to live with the pain over the years, but it never fully goes away. It’s this lifelong grief but they become part of you. I think this duality of coping with loss comes through on the new album.”
Disco on downers dance beats lashed with gutter-rock guitar riffs underpin the opening ‘Thank You’, with lines like “Thank you for wasting my time” and “Thank you for fucking up my life.” A new take on Blank Generation ethos. ‘Consolation Prize’ slashes with desolate Cramps-ish 80s guitars alongside icy vocals reminiscent of Iggy Pop’s The Idiot that ravage another theme of reconciling the duality of internal and external conflict; where the struggle of ‘reaching for the stars/life is my consolation prize’ is juxtaposed against the dissolution of a relationship.
‘Eyes Closed’ offers some solution in the redemptive power of music, its opening line, “I can you see you dancing with your eyes closed”, exhaled over blistering synths and euphoric disco groove. This is countered by the despair in tracks like ‘Disintegration’, driven by Moroder-esque basslines and harboring lines such as, “Our love’s disintegrating/and every fragment can’t be replaced” and, plot twist, “I never cared at all.”
Side two’s starter ‘Obsession’ plunges to yet lower levels in the disco of despond yet wrenches its charred soul to greater heights over scabrous synths – blurring the lines between hard-hitting dance music and psych-punk. It’s opening line being the only overt pandemic reference heard on the album, “City chaos, empty bars/Lost in a desolate state”. Written on a Synsonics drum machine and Yamaha CS-10, ‘Chase’ is a prime example of The Vacant Lots making the most with as few parts as possible. It’s another oblique love song that strikes the balance between wanting to dance and taking a pill that plunges you onto the couch. “It’s a song about longing, about the struggle of love across time zones. It’s about the desire to close that gap of separation”, Brian says.
Making for a mesmerizing comedown is ‘Red Desert’, a more directly romantic sonic dust-storm set against a bright synth-pop backdrop, taking its name from Michelangelo Antonioni’s cult 1965 film. With the record’s overriding theme of closure as a sense of resolution, final track ‘Burning Bridges’ acts as a beautiful send-off, where a traumatic experience has been resolved and restores the balance to move onwards. “I don’t see closure as an end but rather a beginning,” says Jared, summarizing the album’s intentions perfectly: “Sometimes you have to burn bridges to light the road ahead. Through darkness, light.”
New York City’s artistic skyline may have changed immeasurably since the last century, yet the minimalist post-punk/synth-pop duo vividly gouge into the city’s immortal outsider spirit and underground cultural tropes, set against a pulsating backdrop of modern apocalypse.
Their uniquely idiosyncratic path started with bonding through mutual musical obsessions in Burlington, Vermont igniting a compellingly prolific procession of singles, EPs and collaborations, plus ‘Departure’ (2014), ‘Endless Night’ (2017) and 2020’s critically-acclaimed ‘Interzone’ albums – each reflecting and documenting the increasingly surreal times they were made in.
Forged under 2021’s punishing lockdown conditions, ‘Closure’ finds The Vacant Lots looking inwards. “During the pandemic the two of us were totally isolated in our home studios,” says Jared. “I don't think the pandemic directly influenced the songs in an obvious way, but merely amplified existing feelings of alienation and isolation. The atmosphere and pervasive uncertainty was more intense but not necessarily a key contributing factor to the songs. I was more impacted by Kobe Bryant’s tragic death than having to social distance indefinitely. Nevertheless, we found ourselves writing in a more direct and vulnerable way than ever before.”
Laced with evocatively concise and lacerating lyrics delivered detached and deadpan, ‘Closure’s spine-chilling onslaught of towering guitar shrapnel, ethereal metallic synth melodies and cold electronic turbulence comes infused with shades of New Order and Jesus And Mary Chain; the kind of modern disco and post-punk grooves that pillaged New York clubs in the 80s. Inevitably, the penetrating spirit of New York electronic trailblazers Suicide haunts the new record with its subterranean gravitational pull, having previously manifested physically when the two-piece befriended the late Alan Vega, leading to collaborations and support spots.
Since Vega’s 2016 death, Jared has joined Alan’s widow and longtime musical ally Liz Lamere in curating the Vega Vault of unreleased material, culminating in co-producing and mixing 2021’s lost album, ‘Mutator’. “With the people who are closest to me who have died, including Alan, you kind of learn how to live with the pain over the years, but it never fully goes away. It’s this lifelong grief but they become part of you. I think this duality of coping with loss comes through on the new album.”
Disco on downers dance beats lashed with gutter-rock guitar riffs underpin the opening ‘Thank You’, with lines like “Thank you for wasting my time” and “Thank you for fucking up my life.” A new take on Blank Generation ethos. ‘Consolation Prize’ slashes with desolate Cramps-ish 80s guitars alongside icy vocals reminiscent of Iggy Pop’s The Idiot that ravage another theme of reconciling the duality of internal and external conflict; where the struggle of ‘reaching for the stars/life is my consolation prize’ is juxtaposed against the dissolution of a relationship.
‘Eyes Closed’ offers some solution in the redemptive power of music, its opening line, “I can you see you dancing with your eyes closed”, exhaled over blistering synths and euphoric disco groove. This is countered by the despair in tracks like ‘Disintegration’, driven by Moroder-esque basslines and harboring lines such as, “Our love’s disintegrating/and every fragment can’t be replaced” and, plot twist, “I never cared at all.”
Side two’s starter ‘Obsession’ plunges to yet lower levels in the disco of despond yet wrenches its charred soul to greater heights over scabrous synths – blurring the lines between hard-hitting dance music and psych-punk. It’s opening line being the only overt pandemic reference heard on the album, “City chaos, empty bars/Lost in a desolate state”. Written on a Synsonics drum machine and Yamaha CS-10, ‘Chase’ is a prime example of The Vacant Lots making the most with as few parts as possible. It’s another oblique love song that strikes the balance between wanting to dance and taking a pill that plunges you onto the couch. “It’s a song about longing, about the struggle of love across time zones. It’s about the desire to close that gap of separation”, Brian says.
Making for a mesmerizing comedown is ‘Red Desert’, a more directly romantic sonic dust-storm set against a bright synth-pop backdrop, taking its name from Michelangelo Antonioni’s cult 1965 film. With the record’s overriding theme of closure as a sense of resolution, final track ‘Burning Bridges’ acts as a beautiful send-off, where a traumatic experience has been resolved and restores the balance to move onwards. “I don’t see closure as an end but rather a beginning,” says Jared, summarizing the album’s intentions perfectly: “Sometimes you have to burn bridges to light the road ahead. Through darkness, light.”
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Genres:
Electronic, Alternative, Post Punk, Rock
Band Members:
jared artaud, brian macfadyen
Hometown:
Brooklyn, New York
No upcoming shows
Send a request to The Vacant Lots to play in your city
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Similar Artists On Tour
Live Photos of The Vacant Lots
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Bandsintown Merch
Circle Hat
$25.0 USD
Live Collage Sweatshirt
$45.0 USD
Rainbow T-Shirt
$30.0 USD
Circle Beanie
$20.0 USD
Concerts and tour dates
Past
JUN
08
2019
Paris, France
Supersonic
I Was There
JUN
07
2019
Berlin, Germany
Urban Spree
I Was There
JUN
06
2019
Camden, London, UNITED KINGDOM
The Shacklewell Arms
I Was There
MAY
18
2019
San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore
I Was There
MAY
17
2019
San Diego, CA
The Observatory North Park
I Was There
MAY
16
2019
Los Angeles, CA
Ace Hotel
I Was There
MAY
08
2019
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Steel
I Was There
MAY
06
2019
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
I Was There
MAR
23
2018
Burlington, VT
Foam Brewers
I Was There
MAR
22
2018
New York, NY
Saint Vitus
I Was There
NOV
22
2017
Paris, France
Elysée Montmartre
I Was There
NOV
18
2017
La Rochelle, France
La Sirène
I Was There
NOV
16
2017
Ramonville-St-Agne, France
Le Bikini
I Was There
NOV
15
2017
Nîmes, France
La Paloma
I Was There
NOV
14
2017
Grenoble, France
La Belle Électrique
I Was There
NOV
12
2017
Strasbourg, France
La Laiterie
I Was There
NOV
11
2017
Nancy, France
L'autre Canal
I Was There
NOV
10
2017
Lille, France
LE SPLENDID
I Was There
JUN
30
2017
Brooklyn, NY
Sunnyvale
I Was There
JUN
17
2017
Manchester, United Kingdom
The Peer Hat
I Was There
JUN
16
2017
Leeds, Uk
Temple of Boom
I Was There
JUN
15
2017
Glasgow, United Kingdom
O2 ABC 2
I Was There
JUN
14
2017
Brighton, United Kingdom
The Hope & Ruin
I Was There
JUN
13
2017
London, United Kingdom
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
I Was There
JUN
02
2017
Paris, France
Supersonic
I Was There
MAY
14
2017
Los Angeles, CA
The Echo
I Was There
NOV
27
2016
Berlin, Germany
8mm
I Was There
NOV
25
2016
Berlin, Germany
Humboldthain Club
I Was There
NOV
24
2016
Haarlem, Netherlands
Patronaat
I Was There
NOV
22
2016
Paris, France
La Mécanique Ondulatoire
I Was There
NOV
21
2016
Rennes, France
MONDO BIZARRO
I Was There
NOV
20
2016
London, United Kingdom
Moth Club
I Was There
NOV
19
2016
Manchester, United Kingdom
Fallow Cafe
I Was There
APR
02
2016
Copenhagen, Denmark
KB18
I Was There
APR
01
2016
Oslo, Norway
Revolver
I Was There
MAR
30
2016
Stockholm, Sweden
Riche
I Was There
MAR
28
2016
Berlin, Germany
8MM Bar
I Was There
MAR
26
2016
Athina, Greece
Death Disco
I Was There
MAR
25
2016
Arta, Greece
Kourdisto Portokali
I Was There
MAR
24
2016
Ioannina, Greece
Beatnik Bar
I Was There
MAR
23
2016
Thessaloniki, Greece
Rover Bar
I Was There
MAR
22
2016
Serres, Greece
Klidi Tou Fa
I Was There
MAR
21
2016
Larissa, Greece
Sto Peripou
I Was There
MAR
18
2016
Brescia Bs, Italy
lio bar
I Was There
MAR
15
2016
Paris, France
La Mecanique Ondulatoir
I Was There
MAR
14
2016
Lille, France
LE BIPLAN
I Was There
MAR
13
2016
London, United Kingdom
The Shacklewell Arms
I Was There
MAR
12
2016
Todmorden, United Kingdom
The Golden Lion
I Was There
MAR
11
2016
Manchester, United Kingdom
Sound Control
I Was There
MAR
09
2016
Brighton, United Kingdom
The Prince Albert
I Was There
Show More Dates
Fan Reviews
About The Vacant Lots
Created under isolation, ‘Closure’ is the fourth album from Brooklyn duo The Vacant Lots and is Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen’s most fully realized work to date. Out September 30th on Fuzz Club Records, the record packs 8 minimal is maximal salvos into 23 minutes that coalesce into a stun-blast soundtrack for today’s shattered society.
New York City’s artistic skyline may have changed immeasurably since the last century, yet the minimalist post-punk/synth-pop duo vividly gouge into the city’s immortal outsider spirit and underground cultural tropes, set against a pulsating backdrop of modern apocalypse.
Their uniquely idiosyncratic path started with bonding through mutual musical obsessions in Burlington, Vermont igniting a compellingly prolific procession of singles, EPs and collaborations, plus ‘Departure’ (2014), ‘Endless Night’ (2017) and 2020’s critically-acclaimed ‘Interzone’ albums – each reflecting and documenting the increasingly surreal times they were made in.
Forged under 2021’s punishing lockdown conditions, ‘Closure’ finds The Vacant Lots looking inwards. “During the pandemic the two of us were totally isolated in our home studios,” says Jared. “I don't think the pandemic directly influenced the songs in an obvious way, but merely amplified existing feelings of alienation and isolation. The atmosphere and pervasive uncertainty was more intense but not necessarily a key contributing factor to the songs. I was more impacted by Kobe Bryant’s tragic death than having to social distance indefinitely. Nevertheless, we found ourselves writing in a more direct and vulnerable way than ever before.”
Laced with evocatively concise and lacerating lyrics delivered detached and deadpan, ‘Closure’s spine-chilling onslaught of towering guitar shrapnel, ethereal metallic synth melodies and cold electronic turbulence comes infused with shades of New Order and Jesus And Mary Chain; the kind of modern disco and post-punk grooves that pillaged New York clubs in the 80s. Inevitably, the penetrating spirit of New York electronic trailblazers Suicide haunts the new record with its subterranean gravitational pull, having previously manifested physically when the two-piece befriended the late Alan Vega, leading to collaborations and support spots.
Since Vega’s 2016 death, Jared has joined Alan’s widow and longtime musical ally Liz Lamere in curating the Vega Vault of unreleased material, culminating in co-producing and mixing 2021’s lost album, ‘Mutator’. “With the people who are closest to me who have died, including Alan, you kind of learn how to live with the pain over the years, but it never fully goes away. It’s this lifelong grief but they become part of you. I think this duality of coping with loss comes through on the new album.”
Disco on downers dance beats lashed with gutter-rock guitar riffs underpin the opening ‘Thank You’, with lines like “Thank you for wasting my time” and “Thank you for fucking up my life.” A new take on Blank Generation ethos. ‘Consolation Prize’ slashes with desolate Cramps-ish 80s guitars alongside icy vocals reminiscent of Iggy Pop’s The Idiot that ravage another theme of reconciling the duality of internal and external conflict; where the struggle of ‘reaching for the stars/life is my consolation prize’ is juxtaposed against the dissolution of a relationship.
‘Eyes Closed’ offers some solution in the redemptive power of music, its opening line, “I can you see you dancing with your eyes closed”, exhaled over blistering synths and euphoric disco groove. This is countered by the despair in tracks like ‘Disintegration’, driven by Moroder-esque basslines and harboring lines such as, “Our love’s disintegrating/and every fragment can’t be replaced” and, plot twist, “I never cared at all.”
Side two’s starter ‘Obsession’ plunges to yet lower levels in the disco of despond yet wrenches its charred soul to greater heights over scabrous synths – blurring the lines between hard-hitting dance music and psych-punk. It’s opening line being the only overt pandemic reference heard on the album, “City chaos, empty bars/Lost in a desolate state”. Written on a Synsonics drum machine and Yamaha CS-10, ‘Chase’ is a prime example of The Vacant Lots making the most with as few parts as possible. It’s another oblique love song that strikes the balance between wanting to dance and taking a pill that plunges you onto the couch. “It’s a song about longing, about the struggle of love across time zones. It’s about the desire to close that gap of separation”, Brian says.
Making for a mesmerizing comedown is ‘Red Desert’, a more directly romantic sonic dust-storm set against a bright synth-pop backdrop, taking its name from Michelangelo Antonioni’s cult 1965 film. With the record’s overriding theme of closure as a sense of resolution, final track ‘Burning Bridges’ acts as a beautiful send-off, where a traumatic experience has been resolved and restores the balance to move onwards. “I don’t see closure as an end but rather a beginning,” says Jared, summarizing the album’s intentions perfectly: “Sometimes you have to burn bridges to light the road ahead. Through darkness, light.”
New York City’s artistic skyline may have changed immeasurably since the last century, yet the minimalist post-punk/synth-pop duo vividly gouge into the city’s immortal outsider spirit and underground cultural tropes, set against a pulsating backdrop of modern apocalypse.
Their uniquely idiosyncratic path started with bonding through mutual musical obsessions in Burlington, Vermont igniting a compellingly prolific procession of singles, EPs and collaborations, plus ‘Departure’ (2014), ‘Endless Night’ (2017) and 2020’s critically-acclaimed ‘Interzone’ albums – each reflecting and documenting the increasingly surreal times they were made in.
Forged under 2021’s punishing lockdown conditions, ‘Closure’ finds The Vacant Lots looking inwards. “During the pandemic the two of us were totally isolated in our home studios,” says Jared. “I don't think the pandemic directly influenced the songs in an obvious way, but merely amplified existing feelings of alienation and isolation. The atmosphere and pervasive uncertainty was more intense but not necessarily a key contributing factor to the songs. I was more impacted by Kobe Bryant’s tragic death than having to social distance indefinitely. Nevertheless, we found ourselves writing in a more direct and vulnerable way than ever before.”
Laced with evocatively concise and lacerating lyrics delivered detached and deadpan, ‘Closure’s spine-chilling onslaught of towering guitar shrapnel, ethereal metallic synth melodies and cold electronic turbulence comes infused with shades of New Order and Jesus And Mary Chain; the kind of modern disco and post-punk grooves that pillaged New York clubs in the 80s. Inevitably, the penetrating spirit of New York electronic trailblazers Suicide haunts the new record with its subterranean gravitational pull, having previously manifested physically when the two-piece befriended the late Alan Vega, leading to collaborations and support spots.
Since Vega’s 2016 death, Jared has joined Alan’s widow and longtime musical ally Liz Lamere in curating the Vega Vault of unreleased material, culminating in co-producing and mixing 2021’s lost album, ‘Mutator’. “With the people who are closest to me who have died, including Alan, you kind of learn how to live with the pain over the years, but it never fully goes away. It’s this lifelong grief but they become part of you. I think this duality of coping with loss comes through on the new album.”
Disco on downers dance beats lashed with gutter-rock guitar riffs underpin the opening ‘Thank You’, with lines like “Thank you for wasting my time” and “Thank you for fucking up my life.” A new take on Blank Generation ethos. ‘Consolation Prize’ slashes with desolate Cramps-ish 80s guitars alongside icy vocals reminiscent of Iggy Pop’s The Idiot that ravage another theme of reconciling the duality of internal and external conflict; where the struggle of ‘reaching for the stars/life is my consolation prize’ is juxtaposed against the dissolution of a relationship.
‘Eyes Closed’ offers some solution in the redemptive power of music, its opening line, “I can you see you dancing with your eyes closed”, exhaled over blistering synths and euphoric disco groove. This is countered by the despair in tracks like ‘Disintegration’, driven by Moroder-esque basslines and harboring lines such as, “Our love’s disintegrating/and every fragment can’t be replaced” and, plot twist, “I never cared at all.”
Side two’s starter ‘Obsession’ plunges to yet lower levels in the disco of despond yet wrenches its charred soul to greater heights over scabrous synths – blurring the lines between hard-hitting dance music and psych-punk. It’s opening line being the only overt pandemic reference heard on the album, “City chaos, empty bars/Lost in a desolate state”. Written on a Synsonics drum machine and Yamaha CS-10, ‘Chase’ is a prime example of The Vacant Lots making the most with as few parts as possible. It’s another oblique love song that strikes the balance between wanting to dance and taking a pill that plunges you onto the couch. “It’s a song about longing, about the struggle of love across time zones. It’s about the desire to close that gap of separation”, Brian says.
Making for a mesmerizing comedown is ‘Red Desert’, a more directly romantic sonic dust-storm set against a bright synth-pop backdrop, taking its name from Michelangelo Antonioni’s cult 1965 film. With the record’s overriding theme of closure as a sense of resolution, final track ‘Burning Bridges’ acts as a beautiful send-off, where a traumatic experience has been resolved and restores the balance to move onwards. “I don’t see closure as an end but rather a beginning,” says Jared, summarizing the album’s intentions perfectly: “Sometimes you have to burn bridges to light the road ahead. Through darkness, light.”
Show More
Genres:
Electronic, Alternative, Post Punk, Rock
Band Members:
jared artaud, brian macfadyen
Hometown:
Brooklyn, New York
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